Saxegothaea conspicua
Common names: Prince Albert's Yew, Mañio, mañiu, mañio de hojas cortas, mañio macho, mañio hembra
Group:
Gymnosperm
Description
Monoecious evergreen trees to 25 m tall and 200 cm dbh with one or multiple stems and long branches forming a rounded crown. Bark first brown, forming irregular exfoliating flakes. Foliage-bearing branches drooping; leaves spirally arranged but in shade foliage oriented in two divergent planes, short decurrent, linear or falcate with a mucronate tip, 15-25 × 2-3.5 mm; yellow to dark green with a thin midrib above; stomata in two continuous bands, on each side of the midrib, below; leaves retained about 4 years. Pollen cones axillary, usually solitary, 4-6 × 1.5 mm. Seed cones terminal, solitary, 9-12 mm diameter, comprised of 15-20 cone scales but appearing green ripening purple; the cone scales have a fleshy texture. Seeds 1 per scale, globose, 3 mm diameter. Flowers November-December; cones mature February-April (Lusk 2001, Hechenleitner et al. 2005, Farjon 2010).
- Farjon, Aljos. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers.