| Podocarpus latifolius | |
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| A mature Podocarpus latifolius growing in a Cape Town botanical garden. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Podocarpus |
| Species: | P. latifolius
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| Binomial name | |
| Podocarpus latifolius | |
Podocarpus latifolius (real yellowwood, broad-leaved yellowwood, or South African yellowwood, Afrikaans: Opregte-geelhout, Northern Sotho: Mogôbagôba, Xhosa: Umcheya, Zulu: Umkhoba)[2] is a large evergreen tree up to 35 m high and 3 m trunk diameter, in the conifer family Podocarpaceae; it is the type species of the genus Podocarpus.
The real yellowwood has been declared the national tree of South Africa and is protected there.[2]
- ^ Farjon, A.; Foden, W.; Potter, L. (2013). "Podocarpus latifolius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42510A2983787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42510A2983787.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Protected Trees" (PDF). Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.