Podocarpus confertus De Laub.

Tree 1-36 m tall. Foliage buds 6-10 mm long. Juvenile leaves up to 20 by 1.2 cm. Adult leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 5-12 cm by 7-11 mm, acute, narrowing at the base to a 3-6 mm petiole; midrib above obtuse, 1 mm wide and 0.2-0.3 mm high, collapsing when dry to form a narrow irregular ridge or becoming completely flat, upper hypoderm continuous. Pollen cones 3-4.5 cm, sessile, solitary or occasionally in pairs; apex of microsporophyll triangular, 0.3-0.5 mm long. Seed-bearing structure on a 5-13 mm peduncle; foliola 5-6 mm long; receptacle 8-12 mm, formed of two unequal bracts. Seed with its covering 10-11 by 6-6.5 mm.

Scattered, but locally forming dense populations, in Kerangas forest on poor, sandy soils and in stunted forest on ultrabasic rocks; commonly at elevations from 100-1,200 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.