Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Podocarpaceae > Podocarpus > Podocarpus elatusPodocarpus elatus (Australian Plum; Brown pine; Plum pine; Illawarra plum; Yellow pine)Synonyms: Margbensonia elata (homotypic); Nageia elata (homotypic); Podocarpus acicularis Language: Chi; Rus Podocarpus elatus, known as the plum pine, the brown pine or the Illawarra plum is a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland. It is a medium to large evergreen tree growing to 30–36 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, 5–15 cm long (to 25 cm long on vigorous young trees) and 6–18 mm broad. The seed cones are dark blue-purple, berry-like, with a fleshy base 2-2.5 cm diameter bearing a single oval or globose seed 1 cm in diameter. |
Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Dioecious | Hazards [1] | Superficially similar to Taxus species, but this plant is definitely not poisonous; | Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | Pollinators [1] | Wind | Specific Gravity [2] | 0.482 | Structure [1] | Tree | Usage [1] | Wood - tough, durable, silky textured. Used for cabinet making, indoor use and boat building; |  | Height [1] | 98 feet (30 m) | View Plants For A Future Record : Podocarpus elatus |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366.
Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository. ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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