plant description General - height 5-6 m, spread 1-6 m, opright, spreading, or prostrate shrub with red-brown, papery bark Leaves - dark green to blue-green with a single white strip on inner surface Flowers - male - ovoid cones/female - globose cones Fruit - female - spherical, green, ripen to black with grey, bloom over 3 years parts used berries, oil harvest Fruits are gathered when ripe by shaking branches over a groundsheet. They are distilled fresh for oil or dried for various uses.

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