Flowering and fruiting period: Not specified

Distribution: Australia to Polynesia

Habitat: Grown as ornamental tree

Uses: Edible seeds, Christmas tree, bowl carving Timber used for wood-turning and crafts-making

Key Characters: Conical (young) trees upto 30 m. Branches whorled, horizontal or pendent; branchlets mostly distichous, horizontal or drooping. Juvenile leaves awl-shaped, incurved, 4-angular, apex sharp pointed; leaves on older stems broadly lanceolate or ovate, dorsally flattened.