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Araucaria
heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco
Synonym : Entassa heterophylla Salisb.
Family
: Araucariaceae
Local Names
: Norfolk Island pine, House
pine, Australian pine
Flowering
and fruiting period:
Not specific
Distribution: Australia to Polynesia
Habitat: Grown as ornamental tree
IUCN
status:
Vulnerable
Endemic:
No
Uses: Edible Seeds, Christmas tree, bowl carving. Timber used for wood-turning and
crafts-making
Key
Characters:
Conical (young) trees to 30 m. Branches
whorled, horizontal or pendent; branchlets mostly distichous, horizontal or
drooping. Juvenile leaves awl-shaped, incurved, 4-angular, apex sharp pointed;
leaves on older stems broadly lanceolate or ovate, dorsally flattened.
