Podocarpus elatus
| Podocarpus elatus | |
|---|---|
| drawing by Margaret Flockton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Gymnospermae | 
| Division: | Pinophyta | 
| Class: | Pinopsida | 
| Order: | Araucariales | 
| Family: | Podocarpaceae | 
| Genus: | Podocarpus | 
| Species: | P. elatus  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Podocarpus elatus | |
Podocarpus elatus, known as the plum pine, the brown pine, the Illawarra plum or the Queensland Christmas tree, is a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland.
It is a medium to large evergreen tree growing to 30–36 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, 5–15 cm long (to 25 cm long on vigorous young trees) and 6–18 mm broad. The seed cones are dark blue-purple, berry-like, with a fleshy base 2-2.5 cm diameter bearing a single oval or globose seed 1 cm in diameter.