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Podocarpus dispermus
Podocarpus dispermus is a rainforest conifer tree from northeast Queensland, reaching about 20 m, grown mainly for its glossy foliage and red fleshy seed receptacles. It needs warm, humid, shaded or lightly shaded conditions and is best suited to large gardens or subtropical settings.
Podocarpus dispermus, the broad-leaved brown pine, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia, where it is restricted to rainforest on and near the Atherton Tableland. It was first described in 1933 and has a conservation status of least concerned.
The broad-leaved brown pine inhabits rainforest on various soils, at altitudes from about 40 to 720 m (130 to 2,360 ft). It occurs on the Atherton Tableland and the foothills of the adjacent Mount Bartle Frere and Mount Bellenden Ker.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podocarpus dispermus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
