Conifers - Podocarpaceae
Podoberry
Scientific name: Prumnopitys andina
Family: Podocarpaceae
Shape: broadly conical to 15 m, usually a large bush in cultivation
Foliage: evergreen; foliage is yew-like but paler in colour. Leaves are
linear to 2.5 cm with two whitish bands on the undersurface
Female cone: fleshy plum-like structure ripening from green to yellow,
with single seed
Origin: Argentina and southern Chile
Remark: the fleshy outer coat of the seeds is edible and local people
in its native region also eat the kernels.
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