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|familia=Podocarpaceae
|familia=Podocarpaceae
|genus=Afrocarpus
|genus=Afrocarpus
|species=falcatus
|species=falcatus
|common_name=Outeniqua yellowwood
|common_name=Outeniqua yellowwood
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image=Outeniqua Yellowwood.JPG
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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'''''Afrocarpus falcatus''''', commonly known as the '''Sickle-leaved Yellowwood''' and '''False Yellowwood''' (formerly also '''Outeniqua Yellowwood'''; syn. ''Podocarpus falcatus''), 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]].
When grown domestically, it is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching heights of 10-25 m, but can sometimes attain heights of up to 60 m - and live for hundreds of years - in its natural habitat. Mature trees have a rougher, scaly bark than that of younger trees. The [[leaf|leaves]] are spirally arranged, lanceolate or falcate (sickle-shaped) with a very sharp point, 2-4 cm long and 2-4 mm broad. [[Pollen]] cones and [[conifer cone|seed cones]] are found on trees of different gender. The [[conifer cone|seed cones]] are highly modified, with a single large seed with a thin fleshy coating borne on a short peduncle. The [[fruit]] takes a year to mature, turning yellow, and is dispersed by [[bird]]s and [[monkey]]s which eat the fleshy coating, a necessary step for growth since the flesh contains a germination inhibitor. The [[pollen]] cones are produced in clusters on short stems.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
