Family: Podocarpaceae

Genus: Podocarpus

Species: elongatus

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000708

English name: Breede River Yellowwood

Arabic name: بودوكاربس الونجاتس

Native: Southern Africa

Country: Southern africa

(PGR): Rare

Evergreen dioecious tree up to 6-20 m leaves blue-green or grey-green, narrowly oblong-elliptic, 30-60 mm long, 3-5 mm broad female cones are solitary, also borne in the leaf axils, on a naked stalk 4-6 mm long, male cones are about 25 x 3 mm, cream to pinkish when fresh and are solitary or in groups of 2 - 5 in leaf axils

Ornamental plant. Good timber. 

Taxus capensis Lam, Taxus elongata Aiton

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Texture: Chalk Fertile Loam Sandy

Fertility: Intermediate

Drainage: Moderately well drained

Salinity: Low

Water Sources: Moderate Water

Climates: Subtropics Temperate

Lights: Full sun Light shade

Propagation: Cuttings

Flowering time: Winter

Zone: 9 : 10

pH range: 5.5-7.5

Status: Least concern

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Evergreen (tree)

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Ornamental Wood

Plant Populations density: Cultivated Rare

Vegetation types: Evergreen tree

pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral