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  • COMMON NAME: Norfolk Island Pine.
  • ARABIC: أروكاريا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Araucaria excelsa (Lamb.) R.Br.
  • SYNONYMS: Araucaria heterophylla
  • FAMILY: ARAUCARIACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Dubai , Umm-Al-Quwain
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/286658
Highly salt-tolerant, ornamental tree.
Large, evergreen, coniferous tree, up to 10 meters high, sharply distinct from the others, usually with massive, straight trunks that continue to apex of the tree, with a regular branching pattern, conical form. Leaves leathery, in-curved, needle-like, dark green. Male and female cones borne on same plants. Seed cones, round, bristly, develop right at top of the tree. Propagated from seed in spring.
Cultivated in sandy coastal regions, gardens and parks. Propagated from seed in spring.
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