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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Callitris
endlicheri, commonly known as the Black Cypress Pine, is a species of
conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is found only in Australia.In the
families Podocarpaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Taxaceae, and one Cupressaceae
genus (Juniperus), the scales are soft, fleshy, sweet and brightly
colored, and are eaten by fruit-eating birds, which then pass the seeds
in their droppings. These fleshy scales are (except in Juniperus) known
as arils. In some of these conifers (e.g. most Podocarpaceae), the cone
consists of several fused scales, while in others (e.g. Taxaceae), the
cone is reduced to just one seed scale or (e.g. Cephalotaxaceae) the
several scales of a cone develop into individual arils, giving the
appearance of a cluster of berries.