Araucaria bidwillii
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Bunya Pine
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Young Bunya Pine tree
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Bunya Pine foliage has scale-like leaves
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Sign warning about falling Bunya Pine comes - the cones can weigh over 10kg
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Bunya Pine trunk
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BUNYA PINE FACTS
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Common Name
Bunya Pine
Description
The Bunya Pine is a large evergreen coniferous tree. It has a straight, rough-barked trunk, and a distinctive dome-shaped crown. The cones are large, soft-shelled and seeds are edible. The cones can weigh over 10kg and fall intact to the ground
Height
to 50m
Distribution
Bunya Mountains in south east Queensland. Also the Jimna area and at Mt Lewis in Queensland
Notes
The seeds have been an important food resource for Aboriginal people
Classification
| Class: | Pinopsida | | Order: | Pinales | | Family: | Araucariaceae | | Genus: | Araucaria | | Species: | bidwillii | | Common Name: | Bunya Pine |
Relatives in same Genus
Araucaria cunninghamia
Araucaria heterophylla
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