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Podocarpus pilgeri

Podocarpus pilgeri is a small to medium-sized conifer tree from wet tropical Southeast Asia, New Guinea and the Philippines, grown mainly for its hard timber. Care notes below are general guidance for Podocarpus in cultivation, as the sources do not cover growing it.

Family
Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while young, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings once established.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral humus-rich mix.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (Guangxi) to Indo-China, Borneo to New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Podocarpus pilgeri is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a small to medium-sized tree that is native to eastern Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam), southern China (Guangxi and Hainan), the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, and New Guinea. Its timber is hard and water-resistant.

Podocarpus wangii of southern China is often treated as synonym of P. pilgeri.

Other Podocarpus plants

Podocarpus aristulatus · Arius · Brown Pine · Breede River Yellowwood · Henkel's Yellowwood · Broad-leaved Yellowwood · Podocarpus laubenfelsii · Mountain Plum Pine · Yew plum pine · Brown Pine · Alpine Totara · Chilean podocarp

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podocarpus pilgeri 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.

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