Podocarpus globulus De Laub.

Tree, 3.5-27 m tall, to 18 and more cm diam. Juvenile leaves 7.5-16 by 1.5-2.4 cm, abruptly acuminate. Adult leaves linear, narrowing more or less abruptly at the base to a 2-3 mm petiole, acute to rounded apex, 3.5-8 by 0.9-1.5 cm, midrib above 0.5-0.7 mm wide. Pollen cones 2.5-4.5 cm, solitary or occasionally in threes, sessile or on a short (1 mm) peduncle. Seed-bearing structure on a 3-4 mm peduncle; foliola 2 mm and early deciduous. Seed with its covering with a brief crest.

In primary rain-forest or mossy forest on ridges and peaks from 300 to 1500 m apparently where the forest is not dominated by dipterocarps. In some cases at least, an ultrabasic soil is indicated.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.