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Araucaria heterophylla
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Family:
ARAUCARIACEAE
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Citation: Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco, Anais Inst. Super. Agron. 19: 11. 1952.
Entassa heterophylla Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 316. 1807.
Araucaria excelsa (Lamb.) R. Br. in Ait.f., Hort. Kew. (ed. 2) 5: 412. 1813.
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Description:
Conical(young) trees to 30 m. Branches whorled, horizontal or pendent; branchlets mostly distichous, horizontal or drooping. Juvenile leaves awl-shaped, to 1.2 x 0.1 cm, incurved, 4-angular, apex sharp pointed; leaves on older stems broadly lanceolate or ovate, 0.6 x 0.4 cm, dorsally flattened.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
Australia to Polynesia
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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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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
,g,
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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