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Araucaria angustifolia

Cones on planted female tree.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Seedling within 5 m of planted female and male trees.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0'>CC BY-SA</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Tree with male cones.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0'>CC BY-SA</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted female tree, Paloma Gardens, near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/12/2025, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Paraná pine

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Simplified description

Large coniferous tree, dioecious. Leaves with sharp acuminate tips. Spontaneous seedlings appear if male and female trees are grown together

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Araucaria

Family

Araucariaceae

Authority

Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

ca. 2023

Origin

Brazil

Reason for introduction

Ornamental, and perhaps timber

Control techniques

If seedlings are not wanted, then plant only one gender or selectively remove trees once their gender is known from cones.

Other information

Etymology

araucaria: Named after the Araucanian indigenous people of Patagonia.

angustifolia: From the Latin angustus ‘narrow, constricted’ and folius ‘leaf’, meaning narrow-leaved

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