Sundacarpus
Sign in to saveSundacarpus is a genus of conifers containing a single species Sundacarpus amarus, belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. Sundacarpus was designated a genus by Christopher Nigel Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species of Podocarpus or of Prumnopitys. In Australia it is treated as Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.
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Sundacarpus is a genus of conifers containing a single species Sundacarpus amarus, belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. Sundacarpus was designated a genus by Christopher Nigel Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species of Podocarpus or of Prumnopitys. In Australia it is treated as Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.
==Description== Sundacarpus amarus is a large evergreen tree, in height, with a trunk from in diameter. The leaves are long and narrow.
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