Brown Pine

New growth on Podocarpus elatus (Plum Pine) cultivated near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 13 March 2009.

Description: English: Podocarpus elatus foliage and bark, Chatswood West. Date: 2007. Source: Own work. Author: Poyt448 Peter Woodard. Licensing[edit] Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse.

Description: English: Podocarpus 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. Date: 9 August 2022. Source: Own work. Author: John Robert McPherson.