Podocarpus elatus
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Podocarpus elatus, commonly known as the Illawarra plum, 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. The fleshy part is edible, and is used in condiments.
[edit] 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.
