Local names ⁴

Pewen
Pehuen
Araucaria

General information ⁴

National tree of Chile (found on the 2000 pesos bill)
Tall tree, up to 50 meters
Young trees have a greater symmetry and a more elegant look
Dioecious species (male and female plants)
Produces cones that are ready in feb-march
Each cone contains about 200 nuts that are edible (generally consumed roasted)
Generally grows in the mountains, at elevation above 800 meters above sea level
Because of the prevalence of similar species in ancient prehistory, it is sometimes called a living fossil
Its conservation status was changed to Endangered by the IUCN in 2013 due to the dwindling population caused by logging, forest fires, and grazing

English name ⁴

Monkey puzzle
Chilean pine

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Guillermo Debandi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Guillermo Debandi
2. (c) Sterling Sheehy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sterling Sheehy
3. (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe
4. (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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