Podocarpus spinulosus

{{Short description|Species of conifer}}

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| image = Podocarpus spinulosus Chatswood.jpg

| image_caption = Podocarpus spinulosus at Chatswood West, Australia

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=Podocarpus spinulosus |volume=2013 |page=e.T42531A2985532 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42531A2985532.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Podocarpus

| species = spinulosus

| authority = (Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb.

}}

Podocarpus spinulosus, the dwarf plum pine or spiny-leaf podocarp, is a species of podocarp native to the warm-temperate coastal regions of New South Wales and southern Queensland. It is generally an understorey shrub, rarely growing more than 2 m tall.

It was first described by James Edward Smith in 1817 as Taxus spinulosa.{{APNI | name = Taxus spinulosa Sm. | id = 27372}} It was reclassified 'as Podocarpus spinulosus in 1825.{{APNI | name =Podocarpus spinulosus (Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb. | id = 37801}}

The leaves are needle-like, {{convert|2|–|8|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, sharply pointed, green above and with glaucous stomatal bands beneath. The cones are berry-like, with a fleshy, edible purple-black aril {{convert|1|–|2|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and one (rarely two) apical seed {{convert|1|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}} long.{{NSW Flora Online|genus=Podocarpus|species=spinulosus|author=G. J. Harden|author2=J. Thompson|name-list-style=amp}}