Podocarpus Latifolius (Noun)
Meaning
Erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The common yellowwood is a protected tree within South Africa and occurs naturally at the eastern edge of the Great Escarpment forming large pure stands and forming an important canopy species in the forest where Podocarpus latifolius grows.
- Podocarpus latifolius is an erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves.
- In the eastern parts of South Africa Podocarpus latifolius conifer dominated forest reaches its southwestern limit at approximately 29°S in the Leshoto Drakensberg border region.
- The species is also cultivated at the National Museum in Bloemfontein where the Podocarpus latifolius trees can be found.
- Podocarpus latifolius grows in the temperate forests that spread across South Africa from Cape Town on the Western Cape of South Africa spreading towards the Eastern Cape along the Garden Route itself spreading almost into Natal.