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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Podocarpus latifolius''
| image = Podocarpus_latifolius.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Podocarpus latifolius'' in the [[Drakensberg]]
| status = LR/lc
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Pinophyta]]
| classis = [[Pinophyta|Pinopsida]]
| ordo = [[Pinales]]
| familia = [[Podocarpaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Podocarpus]]''
| species = '''''P. latifolius'''''
| binomial = ''Podocarpus latifolius''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunb.]]) [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]] ex [[Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel|Mirb.]]
}}
'''''Podocarpus latifolius''''' ('''Broad-leaved Yellowwood''' or '''Real Yellowwood''') is a large [[evergreen]] [[tree]] up to 35 m high and 3 m trunk diameter, in the [[Pinophyta|conifer]] family [[Podocarpaceae]]; it is the [[biological type|type species]] of the genus ''[[Podocarpus]]''.
It is native to the moister southern and eastern areas of [[South Africa]], from coastal [[Western Cape Province]] east to [[KwaZulu-Natal Province]] and north to eastern [[Limpopo Province]]. The Real Yellowwood has been declared the [[national tree]] of South Africa.
The [[leaf|leaves]] are strap-shaped, 25–40 mm long on mature trees, larger, to 100 mm long, on vigorous young trees, and 6–12 mm broad, with a bluntly pointed tip. The [[Conifer cone|cones]] are berry-like, with a single (rarely two) 7–11 mm [[seed]] apical on an 8–14 mm pink-purple [[aril]]; the aril is edible and sweet. The male ([[pollen]]) cones are 10–30 mm long.
It is a slow-growing tree. The [[wood]] is hard, similar to [[Taxus|yew]] wood, used for furniture, panelling, etc. Due to past over-exploitation, little is now cut.
==References==
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=Conifer Specialist Group|year=1998|id=42510|title=Podocarpus latifolius|downloaded=12 May 2006}}
*[http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/symbols/tree.htm South Africa State Symbols]
[[Category:Podocarpaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of South Africa]]
[[Category:Trees of Africa]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Podocarpus latifolius''
| image = Podocarpus_latifolius.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Podocarpus latifolius'' in the [[Drakensberg]]
| status = LR/lc
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Pinophyta]]
| classis = [[Pinophyta|Pinopsida]]
| ordo = [[Pinales]]
| familia = [[Podocarpaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Podocarpus]]''
| species = '''''P. latifolius'''''
| binomial = ''Podocarpus latifolius''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunb.]]) [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]] ex [[Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel|Mirb.]]
}}
'''''Podocarpus latifolius''''' ('''Broad-leaved Yellowwood''' or '''Real Yellowwood''') is a large [[evergreen]] [[tree]] up to 35 m high and 3 m trunk diameter, in the [[Pinophyta|conifer]] family [[Podocarpaceae]]; it is the [[biological type|type species]] of the genus ''[[Podocarpus]]''.
It is native to the moister southern and eastern areas of [[South Africa]], from coastal [[Western Cape Province]] east to [[KwaZulu-Natal Province]] and north to eastern [[Limpopo Province]]. The Real Yellowwood has been declared the [[national tree]] of South Africa.
The [[leaf|leaves]] are strap-shaped, 25–40 mm long on mature trees, larger, to 100 mm long, on vigorous young trees, and 6–12 mm broad, with a bluntly pointed tip. The [[Conifer cone|cones]] are berry-like, with a single (rarely two) 7–11 mm [[seed]] apical on an 8–14 mm pink-purple [[aril]]; the aril is edible and sweet. The male ([[pollen]]) cones are 10–30 mm long.
It is a slow-growing tree. The [[wood]] is hard, similar to [[Taxus|yew]] wood, used for furniture, panelling, etc. Due to past over-exploitation, little is now cut.
==References==
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=Conifer Specialist Group|year=1998|id=42510|title=Podocarpus latifolius|downloaded=12 May 2006}}
*[http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/symbols/tree.htm South Africa State Symbols]
[[Category:Podocarpaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of South Africa]]
[[Category:Trees of Africa]]
