Common Name:
Plum-seeded Yew
Miro
Some 10 species of coniferous, evergreen trees, leaves similar to those of Taxus (Yew), spirally arrangedm linear, flattened. Fruit 8-25 mm wide with soft edible pulp enclosing a hard seed. Native to South America, New Zealand and eastern Australia.
Prumnopitys: from the Greek, prumne, stern, and, pitys, pine.
Pronunciation:
prum-NO-pit-ees
Family:
Podocarpaceae