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Podocarpus elatus

Ellerslie, Auckland. Jul 2007.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Podocarpus elatus.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Immature fruit; planted garden tree, Great North Road, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 18/03/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Young ovules on wild tree; Waringa Pool, Springbrook NP, Gold Coast, Queensland.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/10/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted garden tree, Great North Road, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 18/03/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Naturally growing tree; Waringa Pool, Springbrook NP, Gold Coast, Queensland.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/10/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

brown pine

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Flower colours

No flowers

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Podocarpus

Family

Podocarpaceae

Authority

Podocarpus elatus R.Br. ex Endl.

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Life cycle and dispersal

Dioecious tree—occasionally male and female trees occur together, viable fruit is formed and will germinate. Fruits are dispersed by birds and by gravity.

Other information

Etymology

podocarpus: Foot or stalk fruit

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