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Podocarpus totara (Totara; Mahogany pine)

Synonyms: Nageia totara (homotypic); Podocarpus totara var. waihoensis; Podocarpus totara waihoensis; Podocarpus variegatus
Language: Mao; Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

Podocarpus totara (tōtara) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island in lowland, montane and lower subalpine forest at elevations of up to 600 m. Tōtara is commonly found in lowland areas where the soil is fertile and well drained.
View Wikipedia Record: Podocarpus totara

Infraspecies

Podocarpus totara var. alpinus
Podocarpus totara var. totara

Attributes

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;
Janka Hardness [2]  520 lbf (236 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.45
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  Wood - straight grained, reddish, very durable lasting a long time in water, but it can be brittle. Used for construction work and cabinet making;
Height [1]  98 feet (30 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Podocarpus totara

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Orthodera novaezealandiae (praying mantis)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3Chave 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.
♦ 4New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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