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Araucaria bidwillii, commonly known as the bunya pine (/ ˈ b ʌ n j ə /), [4] banya [5] or bunya-bunya, is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae which is endemic to Australia. Its natural range is southeast Queensland with two very small, disjunct populations in northeast Queensland's World Heritage listed Wet Tropics.
Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri), or big-cone pine, is a conifer in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.Coulter pine is an evergreen conifer that lives up to 100 years. [2] It is a native of the coastal mountains of Southern California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico, occurring in mediterranean climates, where winter rains are infrequent and summers are dry with ...
The edible large seeds of A. araucana, A. angustifolia and A. bidwillii — also known as Araucaria nuts, [25] and often called, although improperly, pine nuts — are eaten as food, particularly among the Mapuche people of Chile and southwest Argentina, the Kaingang people in Southern Brazil and among Indigenous Australians. [3]
A mature female big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone A young female cone on a Norway spruce (Picea abies) Immature male cones of Swiss pine (Pinus cembra) A conifer cone, or in formal botanical usage a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in conifers and cycads.
The distinguishing characteristic is the reproductive structure known as a cone produced by all Pinales. All of the extant conifers, such as Araucaria , cedar , celery-pine , cypress , fir , juniper , kauri , larch , pine , redwood , spruce , and yew , are included here.
They are dispersed by wind, usually using wing-like structures. On maturity, the female cones detach and fall to the ground. [2] [6] [7] Due to their size, they can cause serious injuries if they hit a person. The cones of the bunya bunya, Araucaria bidwillii, for example, weigh up to 10 kg (22 lb), [10] about the size and weight of a large ...
Araucaria bidwillii: bunya-bunya Araucariaceae (monkey-puzzle family) Araucaria columnaris: Cook pine Araucariaceae (monkey-puzzle family) Araucaria cunninghamii: Moreton Bay pine; hoop pine Araucariaceae (monkey-puzzle family) Araucaria heterophylla: Norfolk Island pine Araucariaceae (monkey-puzzle family) Araucaria hunsteinii: klinki
The most widespread naturally of the closed-cone pines is bishop pine (Pinus muricata), which can be found along the coast from Humboldt County, California in the north to the northwestern corner of Baja California in the south. Knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata) forests can occur further inland, on dry, rocky soils.