Plants in Israel | Araucaria heterophylla
Araucaria heterophylla, Araucaria excelsa, Norfolk Island pine,
Hebrew: אראוקריה קיפחת ,אראוקריה רמה, Arabic: أروكاريا متغايرة الأوراق
| Scientific name: | Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco | |
| Synonym name: | Araucaria excelsa R.Br., Eutassa heterophylla Salisb. | |
| Common name: | Norfolk Island pine | |
| Hebrew name: | אראוקריה רמה | |
| Arabic name: | أروكاريا متغايرة الأوراق | |
| Family: | Araucariaceae, ancient family of coniferous trees |
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| Life form: | A conical tree 50-70 m. tall, 1.25-1.75 m. in girth | |
| Stems: | Bark gray-brown, exfoliating in fine scales; branches in a flat horizontal plane, sometimes pendent, branchlets in whorls of 4-7 | |
| Leaves: | Foliage dimorphic; juvenile leaves awl-shaped, incurved, green, needle-like, to 1.2 cm long; adult leaves scale-like, 4-5 mm long, incurved, densely arranged, bright dark green; on fertile branchlets overlapping, broadly ovate, spine-tipped, 6 mm long by 4-6 mm wide | |
| Inflorescence: | May, June | |
| Flowers: | Inconspicuous and not showy | |
| Fruits / pods: | Male cones in clusters, elongated, 4 cm long, yellowish-brown or reddish; microsporophylls acute, margins ciliate, denticulate; female cones, usually high on top of the tree, are broader than long, 12-15 cm long, with triangular scales and a long incurved bract; seeds 2.5-3 cm long by 1.2 cm wide, with broad wings; cotyledons 4, epigeal | |
| Flowering Period: | May, June | |
| Distribution: | garden trees | |
| Chorotype: | Norfolk Island (Australia), the island has an area of only 34 square kilometres and is home to the sole native species Araucaria heterophylla. This, however, only has a very small natural distribution area. | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
 Female cones Derivation of the botanical name: Araucaria, named after the province of Arauco in South Chile. heterophylla, diversely leaved.
Female cones are produced on trees older than 15 years and male cones on trees older than 40 years.  Male cones
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