| Family Name | Podocarpaceae |
| Scientific name | Podocarpus nakaii |
| Common name | Nakai podocarp, Nakai yellowwood |
| Growth habit | Evergreen trees |
| Leaf | Alternate, lanceolat, upper cuticle is dark green in color, lower cuticle is silver-green beneath in color |
| Flower | Yellow-green color. Single flower plant. Dioecious, male: cylindrical, 2 anther rooms; female: solitary, not obvious, glandulifera. Florescence from March to April. |
| Fruit | The fruit is a drupe, spherical, purple-green when mature, glaucous; amphithecium under the drupe is oval or spherical, dark red color in the beginning, later change to purple. |
| More to learn | Red ripe seed care, and the apex of the green seed, seem like the monk draped robe, thus the plant is called Podocarpus. Stems can be high 20 meters, so should be trimmed to keep low. Widely planted as horticulture, extremely common. Excellent timber for architecture and sculpture |
| Properties | Sweet tasting, slightly warm |
| Treats | Fruits: For heart and stomach pain, blood deficiency pale complexion. Root: Huoxuezhitong, insecticide, used for bruises, ringworm. The foliage: Governance hemoptysis. |
| Reference | Description of podocarpus nakaii Podocarpus nakaii fact file Treats of podocarpus nakaii |