Podocarpus celatus is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found in the Amazon rainforest.
Trees 10âÂÂ25 m high; with narrowly elliptic or oblong leaves, 5âÂÂ15 cm long and 1âÂÂ2 cm wide; male cones 2âÂÂ3 cm long; seeds 5âÂÂ6 mm long.
Podocarpus celatus grows in lowland rainforests and low montane rainforests between 130 m and 1400 m of elevation in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia.
This species grows on poor soil types: lateritic, sandstone and white sand.