Species · genus Podocarpus · Podocarpaceae

Plum Pine

Podocarpus elatus R.Br. ex Endl.

Also known as: Brown Pine · Yellow Pine · Illawarra Plum · Pencil-cedar · She-pine

Growth habit

tree

Native range

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Reference · P. elatus

Cultivars of P. elatus

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under P. elatus yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Podocarpus elatus is a coniferous evergreen tree from the warm forests of eastern and northern Australia, slow-growing and forgiving when kept on the dry side. Give it a bright spot with some indirect light and let the top inch or two of mix dry before watering again, as its roots dislike sitting wet. It tolerates ordinary household humidity and benefits from a free-draining mix.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

12–27 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining, fertile potting mix

Propagation

Fresh seed or semi-hardwood cuttings; slow to establish

Fertilizing

Balanced feed monthly through the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Non-flowering conifer; produces fleshy plum-like cones outdoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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