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Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Plant Type
Edible, Poisonous, Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Woody
Flower
Non-flowering; pollen cones yellowish and elongated
Fruit
Female cones have 1-2 seeds borne on top of a swollen, fleshy aril. The aril is purplish and less than an inch in diameter. Male cones are clustered in yellowish-green strobili. Aril's are edible but seeds are poisonous.
Benefits
Attracts
Songbirds
Taxonomy
Order
Pinales
Family
Podocarpaceae
Genus
Podocarpus
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