Podocarpaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Podocarpus rubens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Podocarpus rubens is an evergreen tree that can range in height from 2 - 30 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 4 - 36cm in diameter[ 329 Title The Gymnosperm Database Publication Author Website http://www.conifers.org/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A vast amount of information on conifers and families of gymnosperms. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded collectively as 'podo' wood, along with several other members of the genus. Podocarpus rubens is very widely distributed and probably occurs in more localities than known and the high altitude component of the global population is not threatened by exploitation. There could be a rationale for listing this species as Near Threatened, but for this we need to have firmer evidence of continuous decline. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago

HabitatLower montane to high montane primary rain forests, mainly at elevations from 800 - 1,500 metres, occasionally to 3,200 metres where it is small and stunted, and rarely also found in lowland swamp forest[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].