Podocarpus rumphiiBlume

WFO wfo-0000485176 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Podocarpus rumphii, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. a Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-08-19 / obs. 48653133
Podocarpus rumphii, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 48653144
Podocarpus rumphii, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. c Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175990088
Podocarpus rumphii, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. d Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171167196

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Podocarpus rumphii is native: Hainan, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera HainanBorneoJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiSumatera
Native distribution of Podocarpus rumphii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Hainan CHH ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Margbensonia koordersii (Pilg. ex Koord. & Valeton) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
  • Margbensonia philippinense (Foxw.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
  • Margbensonia philippinensis (Foxw.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
  • Margbensonia rumphii (Blume) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
  • Nageia rumphii (Blume) F.Muell.
  • Podocarpus bracteatus Hassk.
  • Podocarpus koordersii Pilg. ex Koord. & Valeton
  • Podocarpus philippinensis Foxw.
  • Podocarpus rumphii subsp. arbainii (Silba) Silba
  • Podocarpus rumphii subsp. aruensis (Silba) Silba
  • Podocarpus rumphii var. arbainii Silba
  • Podocarpus rumphii var. aruensis Silba
  • Podocarpus sprengelii Blume

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.