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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Podocarpus drouynianus F.Muell.
Wild Plum

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 4:86-87 (1864)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub or (conifer), 0.75-3 m high, dioecious; female cone solitary, with 2 separate ovules; seed 1, with fleshy receptacle. Fl. Aug to Dec or Jan to Apr. White or grey sand, sandy loam or gravelly loam. Lower slopes or lowlands, near creeks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 November 1997
Image

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Manjimup, Mundaring, Nannup, Plantagenet, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering.