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A broad-leaved, broad-leaf, or broadleaf tree is any tree within the diverse botanical group of angiosperms that has flat leaves and produces seeds inside of fruits. It is one of two general types of trees, the other being a conifer , a tree with needle-like or scale-like leaves and seeds borne in woody cones. [ 1 ]
The hardest hardwoods are much harder than any softwood, [4] but in both groups there is enormous variation with the range of wood hardness of the two groups overlapping. For example, balsa wood, which is a hardwood, is softer than most softwoods, whereas the longleaf pine, Douglas fir, and yew softwoods are much harder than several hardwoods.
The fruit consists of a 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long fleshy orange receptacle and a 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long dark brown rectangular-shaped seed. Rimu is distinctive enough that it is unlikely to be misidentified except as a seedling with Manoao colensoi , which have glossier, less fine leaves.
The leaves of beech trees are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5–15 centimetres (2–6 inches) long and 4–10 cm (2–4 in) broad. The bark is smooth and light gray. The fruit is a small, sharply three-angled nut 10–15 mm ( 3 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in) long, borne singly or in pairs in soft-spined husks 1.5–2.5 cm ( 5 ⁄ 8 –1 in) long ...
Prunus laurocerasus fruits. The fruits are astringent but edible. [17] They contain small amounts of hydrogen cyanide; any fruit tasting bitter (which indicates larger concentrations of hydrogen cyanide) should not be eaten. [18] The seed inside the fruit (and the leaves) contain larger concentrations of hydrogen cyanide, and should never be eaten.
Grevillea robusta is a fast-growing evergreen tree with a single main trunk, growing to 5–40 m (20–100 ft) tall. The bark is dark grey and furrowed. Its leaves are fern-like, 10–34 cm (4–10 in) long, 9–15 cm (4–6 in) wide and divided with between 11 and 31 main lobes.
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Podocarpus, from Greek for "stalked fruit" [44] [45] [46] 20 genera, [47] scattered in the Southern Hemisphere, in East and Southeast Asia, and in and near Central America and the Caribbean [16] Evergreen trees and shrubs, with a few species that grow in water or on other plants. Timber production has decreased due to overharvesting. [17] [48 ...