2. Podocarpus brevifolia, also known as Podocarpus microphylla and Taxodium ascendens, is often shrubby with spirally arranged leaves. The single leaf is short and lanceolate, the apex is blunt, the base is round or wedge-shaped, the leaves are leathery, dark green, the midvein is obvious and the petiole is very short. Both Jiangsu and Zhejiang have cultivation, and potted plants are the best.
3. Podocarpus angustifolia leaves are strip-shaped, slender, usually 5-9 cm long and 3-6 mm wide, with a tapered tip and a wedge-shaped base. Sichuan, Guizhou and Jiangxi provinces.
4. Podocarpus, shrubby, with large leaves. Produced in Cangshan, Dali, Yunnan, Kunming is used for garden viewing and can be used as a bonsai.
5. Podocarpus hainanensis, with spiral leaves and radial distribution, is 4-10.5cm long and 5-10mm wide, with rounded or obtuse tips. The seeds are nearly spherical or ovoid, symmetrical on both sides, and the columnar ellipse of receptacle is longer than or equal to the seeds. Scattered distribution in southern Hainan. 6. Podocarpus leaves are branched, lanceolate, round, blunt at the top, hard leathery, dark green and shiny. Originated in Lan Yu, Taiwan Province, Podocarpus is leafy, evergreen and elegant. Young plants can be potted, trees can be used as high-grade tree species for landscaping, and can also be integrated into round, conical or high-grade bonsai.
The most valuable for planting is: Hainan Podocarpus.
Podocarpus (scientific name: Podocarpus) belongs to Podocarpus of Podocarpaceae. Robben is distributed in Myanmar, Viet Nam and Hainan Province of Chinese mainland. It is an evergreen medium-sized tree species, named after its blue-green fruit with white powder and red fleshy fruit, which looks like arhat. Clustered leaf order, linear and simple leaves, the closer to the tip of the leaf, the closer to the base of the leaf, the smooth leathery front and back, the obvious veins only in the midvein, the dark green color on the front, green on the back, no petiole, no leaf dragging, the leaf length is 8~ 12 cm, and the width is 0.8~ 1.2 cm. Small yellow-green flowers with inconspicuous color bloom in spring. Propagation by sowing or cutting.
This species has a narrow distribution area and few resources, which is of certain significance to the study of Hainan flora and protected species. Jianfengling and Diaoluoshan have established nature reserves, and Hainan Podocarpus is listed as the protected object, and the relevant units should introduce and cultivate it.