Podocarpus spinulosus (Smith) R. Br. ex MirbelCommon NamesTaxonomic notesBase Name: Taxus spinulosa Smith (2, 3). Syn: Podocarpus pungens D.Don, Podocarpus bidwillii Endl. (1), Podocarpus ensifolia R. Br. ex Carrière (3).Description"Shrub or small tree. Leaves narrow-linear, mostly 2-6, rarely to 8 cm long, 3 mm wide, pungent-pointed. Male cones cylindrical, 5 mm long, in clusters. Female cones usually solitary in the leaf axils; scales few, fleshy, combining with the stalk to form a receptacle. Fruiting receptacle blue-black, glaucous, fleshy, bearing 1 or rarely 2 almost globose seeds, 8-12 mm diam." (4).RangeAustralia (1): NSW & Qld. Mostly found "in sheltered coastal sites and gullies on the adjacent ranges; chiefly on the coast south from Woy Woy and valleys of the Blue Mtns." (4).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Silba 1986.(2) P.443-444 in Gray 1958. (3) P.278 in de Laubenfels 1985. (4) Harden 1990. | |
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