Illawarra Plum-pine

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 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.

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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. More

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