Podocarpus macrophyllus

Podocarpus macrophyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Podocarpus
Species:
P. macrophyllus
Binomial name
Podocarpus macrophyllus
(Thunb.) Sweet
Varieties
  • Podocarpus macrophyllus var. macrophyllus
  • Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki Siebold & Zucc.
Synonyms
  • Margbensonia macrophylla (Thunb.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
  • Margbensonia sweetii (C.Presl) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
  • Nageia macrophylla (Thunb.) F.Muell.
  • Podocarpus sweetii C.Presl
  • Taxus macrophylla Thunb.

Podocarpus macrophyllus is a conifer in the genus Podocarpus, family Podocarpaceae. It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and southern and eastern China. Common names in English include yew plum pine, Buddhist pine, fern pine and Japanese yew. Kusamaki (クサマキ) and inumaki (犬槇) are Japanese names for this tree. In China, it is known as luóhàn sōng (羅漢松), which literally means "arhat pine".