Podocarpus smithii de Laub.

Laubenfels, D.J. de (1985) Blumea 30: 257. Type: de Laubenfels P464 (holo, A), Mt Lewis, Queensland.

Smith's Pine; Pine, Brown; Brown Pine

Blaze very fibrous.

A conspicuous bud about 6-10 mm long usually terminating each twig. Leaf blades fairly long and strap-like, about 6-11 x 1-1.4 cm. No lateral veins on either side of the midrib.

Male cones about 20-45 x 4-6 mm, peduncle about 2-9 mm long. Microsporophylls about 1-2 mm long.

Receptacle small, about 5-8 x 4-5 mm, not fleshy, orange-red when the fruit is ripe. Fruits zygomorphic, about 25-30 x 15-27 mm. Seeds about 15-28 x 10-13 mm.

Cotyledons linear, about 20-27 x 2 mm. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade linear, sessile, apex acute, base attenuate, midrib raised on the upper surface, no lateral veins present. Cataphylls may occur among true leaves. Seed germination time 173 to 324 days.

Endemic to NEQ, restricted to the area between Bloomfield and Mt Bartle Frere. Altitudinal range from 50-1100 m. Grows in well developed rain forest but is much more common in mountain rain forest on soils derived from granite.

The timber of this species is useful and can be used for much the same purposes as Sundacarpus amara. Swain (1928).