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Alpine Totara (Podocarpus nivalis)
Family: Podocarpaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)
Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Prostrate, Rounded, Spreading or horizontal.
Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons
Edible Parts: Fruit
Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer
Flavor & Culinary Uses
Sweet and pleasant to taste. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Sweet and pleasant to taste.; The fruit is about 7mm long.
Habitat & North American Range
Upper forest margins, sub-alpine slopes and occasionally in lowland forests of North and South Islands southwards from latitude 36° 50'. (Zone 7)