Thanks for this show. Seeing cones first time. DSRawat Pantnagar On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:58:09 PM UTC+5:30, raman wrote: > > > http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43406542/Flora%20and%20Fauna/Flora/Araucaria%20-%20Norfolk%20Island%20Pine%20Tree/Norfolk%20Island%20Pine%20Tree.html > > The trees grow to a height of 50–65 m, with straight vertical trunks and > symmetrical branches, even in the face of incessant onshore winds that can > contort most other species. The leaves are awl-shaped, 1-1.5 cm long, about > 1 mm thick at the base on young trees, and incurved, 5–10 mm long and > variably 2–4 mm broad on older trees. The thickest, scale-like leaves on > coning branches are in the upper crown. The cones are squat globose, 10–12 > cm long and 12–14 cm diameter, and take about 18 months to mature. They > disintegrate at maturity to release the nut-like edible seeds. > > Raman >
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