Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco
| Family: | ARAUCARIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Australian Pine | ||||
| Synonym: | Entassa heterophylla Salisb | ||||
| Common Name: | Norfolk Island pine, House pine | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Not specified | ||||
| Distribution: | Australia to Polynesia | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as ornamental tree | ||||
| Uses: | Edible seeds, Christmas tree, bowl carving. Timber used for wood-turning and crafts-making. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | 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. | ||||