Podocarpus spinulosus (Smith) R. Br. ex Mirbel

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Base 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).

Range

Australia (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 Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.
(2) P.443-444 in Gray 1958.
(3) P.278 in de Laubenfels 1985.
(4) Harden 1990.


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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 19-Dec-98

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