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Podocarpus elatus
Plum pine · Brown-pine · Pencil-cedar · She-pine · White-pine
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: partial_sun
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 9–11
Click count
106
Observations
44
Description
Source: leafsnapPodocarpus elatus, known as the plum pine, the brown pine or the Illawarra plum, is a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland. It is a medium 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.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Ideal: Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Podocarpus
- Family
- Podocarpaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 9-11
- Mature Height
- 14.94 m to 24.99 m
- Mature Spread
- 4.88 m to 7.92 m
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Summer
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall, Mid fall
Tags (6)
Common Names (10)
en Plum pine
en Brown-pine
en Pencil-cedar
en She-pine
en White-pine
en White-plum
en Yellow-pine
en Illawarra Plum
en Turpentine Pine
en Rockingham podocarp