Afrocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) C.N.Page

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Afrocarpus falcatus (syn. Podocarpus falcatus) is a species of tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the montane forests of southern Africa, where it is distributed in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini. Common names include common yellowwood, bastard yellowwood, outeniqua yellowwood, African pine tree, weeping yew, Afrikaans: outeniekwageelhout, kalander, Sotho: mogôbagôba, Xhosa: umkhoba and Zulu: umsonti. It is widespread, in some areas abundant, and not considered threatened, but it is a protected tree in South Africa. It is grown as an ornamental tree, especially in South Africa, and occasionally abroad.

Description

This is an evergreen conifer often growing up to about 45 metres (148 ft) tall, but known to reach 60 m (200 ft). At higher elevations and in exposed, coastal habitat it rarely exceeds 25 m (82 ft) tall. The trunk can be 2 to 3 m (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) wide, and is gray-brown to reddish. It is smooth and ridged on young stems, but increasingly flaky on older trunks. The leaves are arranged in spirals on the branches. They are small and narrow, up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) long by about 6 mm (1⁄4 in) wide. They are green to yellowish, hairless, and leathery and somewhat waxy in texture. It is a dioecious species, with male and female structures on separate plants. The male cone is brown with spiralling scales and measures 5 to 15 mm (0.20 to 0.59 in) long by 3 mm (1⁄8 in) wide. It grows from the leaf axils. The female cone has one scale bearing one seed about 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long. The gray-green seed is drupe-like with a woody coat covered in a fleshy, resinous skin.

Some of the largest individuals occur in the Knysna-Amatole montane forests, where some specimens are over 1,000 years old.

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