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Podocarpus oblongus

Family
Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
W. New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Podocarpus oblongus is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to western New Guinea, where it inhabits the southern Vogelkop Peninsula and the Aru Islands.

It is a large tree growing up to 27 meters tall. It is distinguished by globular foliage buds, linear-oblong leaves 10–17 cm long by 1.4–2.7 cm wide, broadly acute to slightly acuminate apices, and pollen cones in groups of two or three or less often solitary. It resembles Podocarpus rumphii, but differs in having shorter leaves (10–17 cm, vs. 16–24 cm for P. rumphii), pollen cones in groups of three or fewer, and overlapping rather than imbricate scales on foliage buds.

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

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

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.

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