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Yew plum pine

Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki

In Singapore: Buddhist Pine, Big-leaved Podocarp, Japanese Yew, Big-leaved Podocarpus (Grown in Singapore)

Yew plum pine
Photo: Zúñiga-Centeno A, Sandoval-Carvajal I, Montero-Astúa M, Villalobos-Muller W, Quốc NB, Pérez Hidalgo N (2019) A molecular, CC BY 4.0
Family
Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki is a variety of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a variety of Podocarpus macrophyllus native to southern China, northern Myanmar, Taiwan, and south-central and southern Japan.

Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki is a coniferous tree growing up to 15 metres tall. Its branches are strong and horizontal with dense branchlets. Leaves are thick and leathery and spirally arranged, up to 18 × 1 cm, bright green above and glaucous beneath. It varies from P. macrophyllus var. macrophyllus only in leaf width and receptacle color.

Other Podocarpus plants

Neblina Podocarp · Needle-leaved Totara · Podocarpus affinis · Podocarpus angustifolius · Podocarpus annamiensis · Podocarpus aracensis · Podocarpus archboldii · Podocarpus aristulatus · Podocarpus atjehensis · Podocarpus borneensis · Podocarpus bracteatus · Podocarpus brasiliensis

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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