An evergreen tree that superficially resembles a conifer due to the production of cone-like fruits and pine-needle-like branchlets; it is not a pine. It is a monoecious tree that grows to a height 20–39 ft, and has bark that is smooth and greyish on young specimens, scaly or furrowed on older trees. It desires full sun and little to no watering. Hardy to USDA Zone 9 - it's native range extends from Burma and Vietnam throughout Malaysia east to French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu, and south to Australia. It can be invasive where hardy and not native. Great indoor tub /conservatory plant.