Podocarpus globulus

Botanical Description

Podocarpus globulus is an evergreen tree with a rounded crown; ioften a small tree 3.5 metres or more tall, occasionally it can grow up to 27 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be from 18 - 45cm 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. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its wood. The small number of known subpopulations occurring in an area and at least partly in habitat which suffer ongoing deforestation (mainly due to conversion to plantations of oil palms and rubber trees) are inferred to be in continuing decline. No protected areas are known to contain this species. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' 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. ].