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Pinus radiata
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Family:
PINACEAE
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Citation: Pinus radiata D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 442. 1837.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Monterey Pine
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Description:
Large tree to 40 m; branches horizontal, heavy; bark deeply fissured, to 5 cm thick; young shoots glabrous; winter buds to 1.8 cm, brownish. Leaves in 3s, to 15 cm, subtended by basal sheaths, to 1.2 cm, finely serrate. Staminate spikes to 2 cm, whorled at base of young shoots; anthers 2-celled. Pistillate flowers in ovoid cones to 3 cm at pollination, subsessile. Cones obliquely ovoid, to 10 x 8 cm, in clusters of 3; scales broad, woody, to 3.5 x 1.5 cm. Seeds ovoid, to 0.8 cm, wings to 2.5 cm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
USA
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
,g,
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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