{"id":1352438,"date":"2013-12-17T00:32:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T00:32:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:04:12","slug":"araucaria-araucana","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/araucaria-araucana\/","title":{"rendered":"Araucaria araucana (Cultivated)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Araucaria<\/i> araucana<\/i> (Molina) K.Koch<\/span><\/font><\/a>, Dendrologie 2(2): 206 1873<\/i>. (Syn: Abies<\/i> araucana<\/i> (Molina) Poir.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Abies<\/i> columbaria<\/i> Desf.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Araucaria<\/i> araucana<\/i> subsp.<\/span> conguillioensis<\/i> Silba<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Araucaria<\/i> chilensis<\/i> Mirb.<\/span><\/font><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Araucaria<\/i> dombeyi<\/i> A.Rich.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Araucaria<\/i> imbricata<\/i> Pav.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Araucaria<\/i> imbricata<\/i> var.<\/span> variegata<\/i> Gordon<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Columbea<\/i> imbricata<\/i> (Pav.) Carri\u00e8re<\/span><\/font><\/a>\u00a0…….; Columbea<\/i> quadrifaria<\/i> Salisb.<\/span><\/font><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Dombeya<\/i> araucana<\/i> (Molina) Raeusch.<\/span><\/font><\/a>;\u00a0Dombeya<\/i> chilensis<\/i> Lam.<\/span><\/font><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Pinus<\/i> araucana<\/i> Molina<\/span><\/font><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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<\/b>Araucaria araucana<\/i> (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree<\/b>, monkey tail tree<\/b>, Chilean pine<\/b>, or pehu\u00e9n<\/b>) is an evergreen<\/font><\/a> tree<\/font><\/a> growing to 40 metres (130 ft) tall with a 2 metres (7 ft) trunk diameter. <\/div>\n

The tree is native to central and southern <\/font>Chile<\/font><\/a> and western <\/font>Argentina<\/font><\/a>.[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font> <\/div>\n
Araucaria araucana<\/i> is the hardiest species in the <\/font>conifer<\/font><\/a> genus Araucaria<\/a><\/i>. Because of the great age of this species it is sometimes described as a <\/font>living fossil<\/font><\/a>. Its conservation status was enhanced to <\/font>Endangered<\/font><\/a> by the IUCN in 2013 due to its declining abundance.[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n
It is the <\/font>national tree<\/font><\/a> of Chile.<\/font>\u00a0<\/div>\n
The <\/font>leaves<\/font><\/a> are thick, tough and scale-like, triangular, 3\u20134 cm long, 1\u20133 cm broad at the base, and with sharp edges and tip. They persist for 10\u201315 years or more, so cover most of the tree except for the older branches.<\/font><\/div>\n
It is usually <\/font>dioecious<\/font><\/a>, with the male and female <\/font>cones<\/font><\/a> on separate trees, though occasional individuals bear cones of both sexes. The male (pollen) cones are oblong and cucumber-shaped, 4 cm long at first, expanding to 8\u201312 cm long by 5\u20136 cm broad at pollen release. The tree is wind pollinated. The female (seed) cones, which mature in autumn about 18 months after pollination, are globose, large, 12\u201320 cm diameter, and hold about 200 seeds. The cones disintegrate at maturity to release the 3\u20134 cm long <\/font>nut<\/font><\/a>-like seeds.<\/font>\u00a0<\/div>\n
(From\u00a0 <\/font>Wikipedia<\/font><\/a>\u00a0on 17.12.13)\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Gymnosperms Fortnight: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1<\/a> : Attachments<\/span> (1<\/span>). 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

A Gymnospermae ca 5 m tall. ID is requested.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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It seems to be Cunninghamia lanceolata<\/i> but better picture with habit and female cone is required<\/p>\n
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<\/span>Looks like monkey puzzle tree<\/b> Araucaria araucana<\/i><\/p>\n

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Gymnosperm Fortnight : For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 111213 : AK-8<\/a> :\u00a0Attachments<\/span> (3<\/span>). 4 posts by 2 authors.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

Seen at Lalbagh,<\/font> Bangalore<\/font> on 24\/11\/13.<\/p>\n
Id please.<\/p>\n
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Looks like monkey<\/span> puzzle tree<\/b> Araucaria araucana<\/i> ?<\/p>\n
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The Plant List<\/a> India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0(Observation)\u00a0<\/span>Wikipedia<\/a>
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\n<\/font>https:\/\/treesandshrubsonline.org\/articles\/araucaria\/araucaria-araucana\/<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.missouribotanicalgarden.org\/PlantFinder\/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=276630<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/isc\/datasheet\/7148<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

https:\/\/landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu\/plants\/araucaria-araucana<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.edenproject.com\/learn\/for-everyone\/plant-profiles\/monkey-puzzle<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.conifers.org\/ar\/Araucaria_araucana.php<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/powo.science.kew.org\/taxon\/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261681-1<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/31355\/2805113<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Araucaria araucana (Molina) K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(2): 206 1873. (Syn: Abies araucana (Molina) Poir.; Abies columbaria Desf.; Araucaria araucana subsp. conguillioensis Silba; Araucaria chilensis Mirb. [Illegitimate]; Araucaria dombeyi A.Rich.; Araucaria imbricata Pav.; Araucaria imbricata var. variegata Gordon; Columbea imbricata (Pav.) Carri\u00e8re\u00a0…….; Columbea quadrifaria Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Dombeya araucana (Molina) Raeusch.;\u00a0Dombeya chilensis Lam….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5443],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1352438","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-araucaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1352438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1352438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1352438"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1352438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}