Margbensonia maki (Siebold & Zuccarini) A. V. Bobrov & Melikyan; Myrica esquirolii H. Léveillé; Nageia macrophylla var. maki (Siebold & Zuccarini) Voss; Podocarpus chinensis Wallich ex J. Forbes; P. chinensis var. maki (Siebold & Zuccarini) Hao; P. japonicus Siebold ex Endlicher (1847), not J. Nelson (1866); P. macrophyllus subsp. maki (Siebold & Zuccarini) Pilger.

Crown not columnar; branches erect-spreading; branchlets glabrous. Leaf blade (2.5-)3.5-7 cm × 5-7 mm, apex obtuse or shortly acuminate.

Native distribution unclear because of widespread cultivation. Possibly native in Guangdong, Taiwan, Zhejiang; introduced or status uncertain in Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [possibly native in Japan and N Myanmar]