| Scientific Name: | Podocarpus macrophyllus |
| Common Name: | Buddhist pine, Japanese yew |
| Family Name: | Podocarpaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), White, Green-yellow |
| Fruit: | Edible, (Accessory tissue), Blue, Purple, Red |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, spirally arranged, leathery, dark green, shiny, with nice fragrance when broken, narrowly lanceolate or broad-linear 8-12cm long x 6-12mm wide, midrib distinct, margins entire and slightly recurved, linear; pollen cones axillary, about 3cm long; seed cones berry-like about 1cm long, usually single-seeded, green or purplish plus a red or purplish receptacle. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/po/Podocarpus_macrophyllusi.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |