Araucaria columnaris (2).
"Stand of 'pins colonnaires' on the cliffs of Lifou. Araucaria columnaris is local to the Loyalty Islands on coasts exposed to the prevailing winds" (4).
Common Names
Coral reef araucaria (1).Taxonomic notes
Syn: A. cookii R. Brown (1).Description
"A narrowly conical tree to 60 m. tall. Trunk clear, then later with numerous short shoots. Bark gray, papery, exfoliating in thin strips. Branchlets cord-like, growing in one plane, 9-10 mm. In diameter. Juvenile leaves needle-like, imbricate, lanceolate, 4-7 mm. long by 2-3 mm. wide, apex incurved. Adult leaves scale-like imbricate, triangular, acuminate, obtuse, midrib faint, 5-7 mm. long by 3-5 mm. wide, apex incurved. Male cone oblong-cylindrical, 5-10 cm. long by 15-22 mm. wide; scales triangular, finely teethed, pollen sacs 10; microsporophylls cuspidate. Female cone 10-15 cm. long by 7-11 cm. wide, with short bracts to 7 mm. long. Seeds 3-3.5 cm. long, nut ovate, wings broadly rounded. Germination epigeal" (1).Range
S New Caledonia: Ouinne to Prony & Isle of Pines, 0-50 m (1), and Loyalty Islands (4).Big Tree
There is a specimen growing as an ornamental at the Tedeschi Winery in Ulupalakua on Maui, Hawaii, that is 48.8 m tall with a dbh of 120 cm (3).Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Hortus Botanicus Catinensis.
(3) E-mail communication from Robert Van Pelt, who measured the tree; 18-Mar-1998.
(4) Schmid 1981.
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Last modified on 21-Dec-98