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Thread #125923   Message #2795312
Posted By: Rowan
23-Dec-09 - 08:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Crosswords: Is Araucaria losing it?
Subject: RE: BS: Crosswords: Is Araucaria losing it?
To clarify for Transpond friends — Araucaria [which indeed = monkey-puzzle tree]

Well. MtheGM has got it partly right but there are several species of Araucaria and only one is properly the Monkey puzzle. Araucariaceae commonly cultivated include

Araucaria araucana. Monkey-puzzle or Pehuén.
Araucaria angustifolia. Paraná Pine (Both of these are endemic to South America).
Araucaria bidwillii. Bunya Pine. Eastern Australia.
Araucaria hunsteinii. Klinki. New Guinea.
Araucaria columnaris. Cook Pine. New Caledonia.
Araucaria cunninghamii. Moreton Bay Pine, Hoop Pine. Eastern Australia, New Guinea.
Araucaria heterophylla. Norfolk Island Pine. Norfolk Island.
and there are quite a few others not commonly cultivated.

Cheers, Rowan