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Podocarpus macrophyllus (Buddhist pine)

Synonyms:
Language: Chi; Chinese; Ger; Hun; Ita; Japanese; Jpn (Kanji); Jpn (Katakana); Kor (Hangul); Rus

Wikipedia Abstract

Podocarpus macrophyllus is a conifer in the genus Podocarpus, family Podocarpaceae. It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and southern and eastern China. Common names in English include yew plum pine, Buddhist pine and fern pine. Kusamaki (クサマキ) and inumaki (犬槇) are Japanese names for this tree. In China, it is known as 羅漢松 or luóhàn sōng, which literally means "arhat pine". Podocarpus macrophyllus occurs in forests, open thickets, and roadsides from near sea level to 1000 m.
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Infraspecies

Podocarpus macrophyllus macrophyllus
Podocarpus macrophyllus maki
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. macrophyllus
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki (yew plum pine) (Attributes)

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Frost Free Days [1]  6 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Single Stem
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Hazards [2]  Superficially similar to Taxus species, but this plant is definitely not poisonous;
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [1]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  None
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Shape/Orientation [1]  Conical
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Plants are used for hedging in N. America; The erect cultivar 'Maki' is commonly used; The wood is used in making furniture, utensils, paper, and farm implements;.
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Purple
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)
Width [2]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Dense
Screening - Winter [1]  Dense
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Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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