| DESCRIPTION: A medium sized to tall tree reaching 40 m in height, while the trunk may reach 90 cm in diameter. The trunk is often irregular, especially at the base. The crown is dense and dark-green. The tree does not have cones like other conifers but instead have a single seed attached by a fleshy stem to the branch. USE: Wood used for turnery, furniture, joinery, musical instruments, boat planking and piles in salt water. The fleshy stems of the seeds were eaten by Aboriginal people in some parts of Australia. GROWING PERIOD: Fast growing perennial, taking 8 to 10 years to reach maturity. COMMON NAMES: Brown pine, She pine, Yellow pine, Plum pine. FURTHER INF: In Australia, the latitudinal range of the tree is 14-35°S and it occur at elevations between sea level and 1000 m. It grows in dense subtropical, riverine and seashore rainforests. The best development is obtained in coastal lowlands on deep alluvial soils besides river banks. It is fire resistant. |
SOURCES (P. elatus R. Br. ex Endl.)(23.05.02) E8785
Boland D 1984 pp 62-64 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, TEXT, DEP, DRA, FER, PH USE]
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