Monkey Puzzle Tree
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Elegant tree whose fruit is edible. Ideal for spacious gardens.
Evergreen tree reaching 30m of a height with a thick trunk. Dark-green leaves looking like hard and thorny scales. Its oval female pine cones are green turning brown when getting older.
Use
Bonsai, Edible, Culinary, Specimen, Gardening, City garden, Coastal garden, Timber
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Botanical information
| Botanical name | Araucaria araucana |
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When to plant?
| Sowing period | March, April, May, October, November, December, Spring, Autumn |
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| Germination (days) | 15-25 |
| Average germination (%) | 70-90 |
| Seeds per gram | 0 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Bonsai, Edible, Culinary, Specimen, Gardening, City garden, Coastal garden, Timber |
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| Soil pH | Acid |
| Soil type | Clay, Sand |
| Soil moisture | Moist |
| Hardiness | Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -5ºC) |
| Climate zone | Temperate |
Planting & care
Direct sowing. Lightly cover the seeds and maintain the humidity until germination is completed.
It grows on clay, stony, sandy and well-drained soils.
Its good-quality wood is compact and light. It is used to make furniture, paper paste and in building trade. A noticeable tree in gardens for its typical wide branches. Look at it and see how symetric it is. Its shape is beautiful.
Its edible cone pines have a high nutritional intake and contain many carbon hydrates with a high calorific level. It is thought that its resin can cure skin ulcers.
It is a symbolic tree in Argentina, seen on the coat of arms of one of its provinces.
No need to prune.
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