Species · genus Podocarpus · Podocarpaceae

Big-leaf Podocarp

Podocarpus macrophyllus (Thunb.) Sweet

Also known as: Buddhist Pine · Japanese Yew · Yew Plum Pine · Yew

Growth habit

tree

Native range

China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Myanmar, Taiwan

Reference · P. macrophyllus

Cultivars of P. macrophyllus

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

No named cultivars catalogued under P. macrophyllus 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 macrophyllus is an evergreen conifer tree from the warm-temperate to subtropical forests of East Asia, with dense, narrow leathery leaves and a slow, upright habit. It prefers a brightly lit spot near a window with some indirect sun, and an even but unsaturated root zone — water when the top inch or two of mix has dried, as it dislikes sitting wet. It tolerates ordinary household humidity and benefits from good drainage and steady, moderate temperatures.

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

7–24 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining, slightly acidic loam with grit

Propagation

Semi-hardwood cuttings in summer, or seed

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly spring through summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors; often shaped as bonsai

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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No reference gallery yet

A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.

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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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