Podocarpus smithii De Laub.

Tree to 30 m tall. Bark thin, finely short-fibrous to scaly. Resting leaf buds large, convex to conical, 3.5-5 mm long, 1.5-2 times longer than broad; scales triangular to rounded, obtuse, involute; tips not recurved. Adult leaves ovate to lanceolate, 5-11 cm long, 8-14 mm wide, acute, somewhat glaucous when young; midrib raised on upper surface; 1 resin duct present below vascular bundle; upper hypodermis continuous. Male cones cylindrical, 30-45 mm long, 4-6 mm diam., in groups of 1-3 on axillary shoots 2-9 mm long; microsporophylls spreading, falcate, to 2 mm long. Female cones of 1 fertile scale with 1 or 2 ovules, axillary on stalks 6-9 mm long; receptacle 5-6 mm long, fleshy, red at maturity. Mature seed c. 15 mm long, 10 mm diam., acute, dark red.

Well-developed montane rainforest, usually found growing along mountain creeks in acidic soils derived from granitic rock; at elevations from 50-1,200 metres

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.