Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco

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Family : ARAUCARIACEAE

Synonym :

Araucaria excelsa (Lamb.) R. Br.

Common Names : Norfolk Island pine, House pine, Australian pine

Flowering 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 Characters :
Conical (young) trees upto 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.