Podocarpus ledermannii Pilg.

Tree, 4-26(-33) m tall, 8-60 cm diam. Foliage buds 4-8 mm long by 3-4 mm in diam., the primary bud scales more or less spreading. Juvenile and adult shade leaves linear, 11-22 by 2-2.4 cm, narrowing abruptly to an acuminate apex and at the base to a 4-10 mm petiole; leaves more exposed to the sun no more than 16-18 mm wide, weakly acuminate if at all and narrowing less abruptly at the base; midrib above broad and rounded, 1.5-2 mm wide and c. 0.6 mm high, sometimes collapsing on dried specimens to a small narrow ridge. Pollen cones c. 4.5 cm long, grouped on a 3-4 mm peduncle. Seed-bearing structure on a 4-15 mm peduncle; foliola 2 mm long; receptacle 9-16 mm long. Seed with its covering 11-13 by 9-10 mm, slightly crested.

Scattered and locally common tree in evergreen rainforests, usually in the understorey, but can attain canopy height in medium-high forests or in more open forests; at elevations from near sea level to 2,300 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.