Genus Afrocarpus

Species in the genus Afrocarpus of plants

Afrocarpus dawei - The podocarps are associated with the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, where they were characteristic of the cool, moist southern Gondwana flora. Gondwana broke up into the continents of South America, Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica. Antarctica is the southernmost continent and encompasses the South Pole. Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and divided by the Transantarctic Mountains, between 160 and 30 million years ago. As Africa drifted north it became hotter and drier, and the podocarps generally retreated to the cool moist highlands of eastern and southern Africa.

Sickle-leaved Yellowwood - Afrocarpus falcatus, commonly known as the Sickle-leaved Yellowwood and False Yellowwood , is a species of Afrocarpus, native to montane forests of South Africa, from Swellendam District of Western Cape Province to Limpopo Province, and into southern Mozambique.

Afrocarpus gaussenii

East African yellowwood - It is a medium-sized tree, growing 20-40 m tall, rarely to 50 m, with a trunk diameter of 50-80 cm. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 2-6 cm long and 3-5 mm broad on mature trees, larger, to 10 cm long and 6 mm broad on vigorous young trees. The seed cones are highly modified, with a single 2 cm diameter seed with a thin fleshy coating borne on a short peduncle. The mature seed is purple, and is dispersed by birds and monkeys which eat the fleshy coating. The pollen cones are solitary or in clusters of two or three on a short stem.

Afrocarpus mannii - It is a small tree, growing 10-15 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 6-8 cm long on mature trees, larger, to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad, on vigorous young trees. The seed cones are highly modified, with a single 2 cm diameter seed with a thin fleshy coating borne on a short peduncle. The pollen cones are 1.5-2.5 cm long, solitary or in pairs on a short stem.

Afrocarpus usambarensis