Podocarpaceae
Buddhist pine
Podocarpus macrophyllus
- Family
- Podocarpaceae
- Genus
- Podocarpus
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- معلاقة كبيرة الأوراق, فشاغ صيني
- arz
- معلاقه كبيرة الاوراق
- Cantonese
- 羅漢松, 仙柏, 土杉, 江南柏, 羅漢杉, 羅漢柏, 金錢松, 長青羅漢杉
- Chinese
- 大葉羅漢松, 罗汉松, 羅漢松, 小叶罗汉松, 罗汉松叶, 罗汉松实, 罗汉松根皮, 大理罗汉松
- English
- Buddhist pine, Yew plum pine, Fern pine, Japanese yew
- French
- Kusamaki, Pin des bouddhistes
- German
- Grossblättrige Steineibe, Großblättrige Steineibe
- hsb
- Wulkołopjenaty podokarpus
- Japanese
- イヌマキ, クサマキ, 槇, 犬槇, 真木
- Korean
- 나한송
- Polish
- Podokarpus wielkolistny
- Russian
- Подокарп крупнолистный
- ryu
- チャーギ
- Slovenian
- Tasmanski podokarp
- Vietnamese
- Thông La hán
Synonyms
- Margbensonia forrestii (Craib & W.W.Sm.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
- Margbensonia macrophylla (Thunb.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
- Margbensonia sweetii (C.Presl) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
- Nageia macrophylla (Thunb.) F.Muell.
- Nageia macrophylla (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Podocarpus canaliculatus Carrière
- Podocarpus forrestii Craib & W.W.Sm.
- Podocarpus longifolius Gordon
- Podocarpus macrophyllus f. angustifolius (Blume) Pilg.
- Podocarpus macrophyllus subsp. angustifolius (Blume) Silba
- Podocarpus macrophyllus subsp. forrestii (Craib & W.W.Sm.) Silba
- Podocarpus macrophyllus var. angustifolius Blume
- Podocarpus macrophyllus var. rubra Carrière
- Podocarpus sweetii C.Presl
- Podocarpus verticillatus G.Don
- Taxus macrophylla Thunb.
- Taxus makoya Forbes
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.