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Podocarpus nakaii
Also called Nakai Yellowwood
Podocarpus nakaii is a small conifer tree from the podocarp family, native to the forests of central Taiwan, where it grows in the understory and rarely exceeds 10 m. Its key to cultivation is providing shade and steady moisture similar to forest-floor conditions.
Podocarpus nakaii is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan, scattered in broad-leaf forests in the central part of the island. Ponesterone, which is similar to the insect moulting hormone ecdysone, is obtained from this plant. It was the first ecdysone isolated by Nkanishi et al.
According to the survey results of the sample area, there are about 100 Podocarpus nakaii trees per hectare. The diameter at breast height of the largest plant is about 30 cm, but nearly 90% of the trees have a diameter at breast height of less than 10 cm; the height of the trees is less than 10 meters. New leaf growth may sometimes be distinguished by its red color. Podocarpus nakaii is a shade-tolerant species that tends to grow near the forest floor. The young seedlings are protected by large trees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podocarpus nakaii 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.
