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 name

brown pine

Family

Podocarpaceae

Authority

Podocarpus elatus R.Br. ex Endl.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

No flowers

Life cycle

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

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Etymology

podocarpus: Foot or stalk fruit

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