Podocarpus dispermus
Podocarpus dispermus, the broad-leaved brown pine, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia, where it is restricted to rainforest on and near the Atherton Tableland. It was first described in 1933 and has a conservation status of least concerned.
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Description
Podocarpus dispermus is a tree reaching 20 m (66 ft) in height with thin fibrous bark. Leaf buds are conical and about three times longer than they are wide. The leaves are glossy green, linear, up to 3 cm (1.2 in) wide and 20 cm (7.9 in) long. They have very short petioles and the midrib is prominent on both surfaces. The cones occur in the leaf axils – the stemless pollen cones are cylindrical and measure up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long and 3 mm (0.12 in) wide, the seed cones rest on a thick peduncle up to 15 mm (0.6 in) long with a receptacle about 6 mm (0.24 in) long. The receptacle is bright red, large and fleshy at maturity, the mature seeds are about 25 mm (1 in) long and 17 mm (0.7 in) diameter.
Range & habitat
The broad-leaved brown pine inhabits rainforest on various soils, at altitudes from about 40 to 720 m (130 to 2,360 ft). It occurs on the Atherton Tableland and the foothills of the adjacent Mount Bartle Frere and Mount Bellenden Ker.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
Fruits of this species are known to be eaten by cassowaries and musky rat-kangaroos.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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