Podocarpus spinulosus

Taxobox
name = "Podocarpus spinulosus"
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo = Pinales
familia = Podocarpaceae
genus = "Podocarpus"
species = "P. spinulosus"
binomial = "Podocarpus spinulosus"
binomial_authority = (Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb.

"Podocarpus spinulosus", the Spiny-leaf Podocarp, is a species of podocarp native to the warm-temperate coastal regions of New South Wales and southern Queensland. It is generally an understorey shrub, rarely growing more than 2 m tall.

The leaves are needle-like, 3-7 cm long, sharply pointed, green above and with glaucous stomatal bands beneath. The cones are berry-like, with a fleshy, edible purple-black aril 2 cm long and one (rarely two) apical seed 1 cm long.

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