Podocarpus elatus
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Podocarpus elatus, known as the Plum Pine, or the Brown Pine is a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland.
It is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree growing to 30–36 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, 5–15 cm long (to 25 cm long on vigorous young trees) and 6–18 mm broad. The seed cones are dark blue-purple, berry-like, with a fleshy base 2-2.5 cm diameter bearing a single oval or globose seed 1 cm in diameter.
Uses
The fleshy part of the seed cone is edible, used in condiments. The timber was prized for furniture, joinery, boat planking, lining and piles in salt water. Podocarpus elatus is an attractive ornamental tree. In older Australian suburbs it can be seen lining the street, such as at Baldry Street, Chatswood.
Gallery
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Podocarpus elatus - juvenile.jpg
juvenile foliage
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Podocarpus elatus foliage and bark.JPG
Podocarpus elatus trunk
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Podocarpus elatus foliage & cones.JPG
Podocarpus elatus foliage & cones
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Podocarpus elatus on sand.JPG
Podocarpus elatus growing in littoral rainforest on sand
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Podocarpus elatus bark & foliage.JPG
Podocarpus elatus bark & foliage
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Podocarpus elatus bark2.JPG
Podocarpus elatus bark
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Podocarpus elatus two seed cones.JPG
Podocarpus elatus unusual 2 seed cones
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Podocarpus elatus germinating.JPG
Podocarpus elatus germinating
References
- ANU Forestry Illawarra plum - Podocarpus elatus
- Bruneteau, Jean-Paul, Tukka, Real Australian Food, ISBN 0-207-18966-8.
- Dallimore, W., & Jackson, A. B. (1966). Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae. Arnold.
- Gymnosperm Database: Podocarpus elatus
- Low, Tim, Wild Food Plants of Australia, ISBN 0-207-16930-6.
- Floyd, A.G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 1989, ISBN 0-909605-57-2
