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Araucaria araucana<\/p>\n
Chilean or Paran\u00e0 pine or Monkey tree<\/p>\n
Araucariaceae<\/p>\n
Origin:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cile centrale e Argentina centro occidentale<\/p>\n Its natural environment is the slopes and plateaus of the Chilean and Argentine Andes, in particular above 1000\u00a0 m, in regions characterized by large winter snowfalls but also Australia, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and the of New Guinea.<\/p>\n Evergreen or deciduous: <\/strong><\/p>\n Evergreen<\/p>\n Toxicity: <\/strong><\/p>\n not<\/p>\n In its areas of origin, the Araucaria araucana \u00a0reaches 30-50 m in height, with trunks up to 2.2 m in diameter, although the average is around 25 m \u00a0in height, with trunks of 1 m in diameter . (1.5 to 10 years)<\/p>\n In Italy it can \u00a0reach a maximum of 15-20 m; however, this is a height that is anything but negligible.<\/p>\n 7-10 m.<\/p>\n wide and regular conical shape. The branches are, at a young age, arranged horizontally and the plant takes on a conical shape. In adulthood, however, the plant takes on a characteristic more rounded shape and the lower branches point downwards.<\/p>\n The \u00a0leaves \u00a0are thick, hard and pointed, triangular in shape, 3\u20134\u00a0cm long and 1\u20133\u00a0cm wide at the base, with the edge as sharp as a razor. They remain on the tree for 10-15 years and cover most of the tree except for the oldest branches.<\/p>\n Inflorescences similar to large pine cones that are produced on specimens that are at least 30 years old. dioecious \u00a0plant, with male and female sporophylls located on different plants, although specimens with both are known.<\/p>\n The female cones are rounded, isolated and located at the terminal part of the branches.<\/p>\n The male cones are gathered in groups and are also placed at the top of the branches.<\/p>\n Like all conifers, pollination \u00a0occurs via the \u00a0wind. The female sporophylls are gathered in spherical inflorescences. When pollinated, they produce large fruit, 12\u201320\u00a0cm in diameter with\u00a0 seeds \u00a0similar to large pine nuts at the base of each scale. The strobilus can contain up to 200 seeds: in nature it disintegrates at maturity to release the seeds which are then dispersed by animals.<\/p>\n Fruit:<\/strong><\/p>\n The fruits are globose, erect cones, they are very large, almost like a balloon and each contains up to 200 seeds, which are dispersed only when (in autumn) the cones, once ripe, fall apart. This \u00a0can \u00a0happen on the tree or, more \u00a0frequently, when they fall to the ground, and they are so heavy that they can even break the branch that carries them.<\/p>\n The edible seeds are produced at intervals of 3-4 years.<\/p>\n gray and wrinkled bark, very thick.<\/p>\n \u201cThe pine nut is the seed of the Araucaria araucana. It is an extremely nutritious seed that represents the staple food of the Mapuche communities of southern Argentina and Chile, who consume it cooked or toasted. (from Fondazioneslowfood.com)<\/p>\n If you want to learn more about this topic go here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n not<\/p>\n Maintenance: <\/strong><\/p>\n Low<\/p>\n Light Exposure:<\/strong><\/p>\n sunny place sheltered from the wind.<\/p>\n Soil type: <\/strong><\/p>\n better acidic and well drained<\/p>\n Soil acidity: <\/strong><\/p>\n pH 6 \/ 6.5<\/p>\n Italian climatic area:<\/strong><\/p>\n it lives very well in the northern regions, especially where the winters are cold, and the summers are not excessively hot, with good rainfall; in all other regions these trees tend to adapt very well; only that this adaptation often affects the lifespan of the trees, which typically do not become centuries-old if planted in Italy.<\/p>\n Need for water: <\/strong><\/p>\n young plants must be watered regularly, but as adults it can also tolerate long periods of drought. However, pay attention to the new summer climatic situations which may require some watering.<\/p>\n Propagation: <\/strong><\/p>\n Being a plant with female and male specimens on different plants, pollination is required which is not within everyone’s reach. It can also be multiplied by cuttings.<\/p>\n Diseases: <\/strong><\/p>\n rarely they can be affected by aphids or scale insects. More often, excessive watering is enough which causes root rot and fungal diseases such as Armillaria or very prolonged periods of drought.<\/p>\n Pruning: <\/strong><\/p>\n only damaged or dead branches.<\/p>\n The common name monkey tree derives from the English name Monkey-puzzle tree given because the intertwining of the branches “would have considerably confused a monkey who wanted to climb the tree”.<\/p>\n This phrase would actually have been uttered in Cornwall\u00a0 by a friend of a plant owner. However, since a monkey could not climb the tree without being injured by the thorns and since there are no monkeys in the natural environment of the plant, the Anglo-Saxons now prefer to call it \u00a0pehu\u00e9n, the original name in the \u00a0Mapudungun language.<\/p>\n The weight of the \u00a0snow\u00a0 often breaks the older branches so the tree maintains only a small canopy of new branches on a column-like trunk: a posture quite different from the conical shape it takes in temperate gardens.<\/p>\n Discovered in Chile around 1780, it was called \u00a0Pinus araucana by Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782. In 1873, Karl Koch published the combination Araucaria araucana, making Molina’s name valid in the new genus.<\/p>\n Very slow growing plant. In 10 years it reaches 1.5 m. in height.<\/p>\n Many “populations” of araucaria are what \u00a0remains of vast forests that were widespread in ancient times. These columnar trees, in fact, are \u00a0living fossils dating back to the beginning of the Mesozoic era.<\/p>\n Araucaria \u201cPine Nuts\u201d are also useful for feeding goats, pigs and cattle during the winter. Furthermore, natural pale pink dyes can be made for wool yarns to be woven on Mapuche looms.<\/p>\n Araucaria “pine nuts” (in the female inflorescences) can be eaten fried, raw and cooked.<\/p>\n Fermented drinks are also produced with pine nuts and numerous recipes are prepared such as purees, cazuela (a traditional soup), empanadas (stuffed dough parcels), sopaipillas (fritters)” (from Fondazione slow food<\/a>)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][dmg_masonry_gallery gallery=”6771,6759,6765,6769,6761,6773,6775″ columns=”1″ gutter=”350″ zoom_hover=”on” images_size=”dmg_image_extra_large” hover_overlay_effect=”nothing” columns_tablet=”2″ columns_phone=”1″ columns_last_edited=”on|desktop” gutter_tablet=”20″ gutter_phone=”20″ gutter_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_class=”gallery-schede-botaniche” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”left” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dmg_masonry_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Consiglio MDG” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”30px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”10px|20px|20px|20px|false|true” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#d5de75″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Araucaria araucana are in danger of extinction in their places of origin and are therefore protected by international conventions, for this reason only specimens coming from cultivation and not taken from the wild can circulate in Europe.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Testo (100%)” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Now on horseback! 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Our new wonderful outdoor space is about to be born!<\/p>\n GOOD WORK and\u2026if you have any questions, write to info@mondodelgiardino.com<\/a><\/p>\n Image sources: thanks to Pixabay and many thanks to Ralf Michel for the photo for social media, Michael Treu for the cover photo, Hans, Actaplantarum.org, WikimediaImages, Patricio Hurtado, Actaplantarum.org, Hans, Actaplantarum.org, Patricio Hurtado for the closing image.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Immagine (100%)” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ custom_padding=”0px||20px||false|false” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Riga” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/mondodelgiardino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/conguillio-national-park-Patricio-Hurtado-da-Pixabay.jpg” title_text=”conguillio-national-park-Patricio Hurtado da Pixabay” show_in_lightbox=”on” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Araucaria araucana, also known as the \u201cmonkey tree\u201d or \u201cChilean pine\u201d, is an evergreen conifer native to the Andes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" admin_label=\"Scheda botanica\" _builder_version=\"4.27.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" collapsed=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"2_3,1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.27.2\" _module_preset=\"default\" width=\"100%\" custom_padding=\"0px||0px||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\" _builder_version=\"4.27.2\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.3\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"] Araucaria araucana<\/p>\r\n Pino del Cile o del Paran\u00e0 o Albero delle scimmie<\/p>\r\n Araucariaceae<\/p>\r\n Provenienza:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Cile centrale e Argentina centro occidentale<\/p>\r\n Il suo ambiente naturale sono i pendii e gli altopiani delle\u00a0Ande\u00a0cilene e argentine, in particolare sopra 1000\u00a0m, in regioni contraddistinte da grandi nevicate invernali ma anche Australia, l\u2019Isola di Norfolk, Nuova Caledonia e l\u2019isola di Nuova Guinea.<\/p>\r\n Sempreverde o decidua: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n Sempreverde<\/p>\r\n Tossicit\u00e0: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n no<\/p>\r\n Nelle zone d\u2019origine l\u2019Araucaria araucana\u00a0raggiunge i 30-50 m di altezza, con tronchi fino a 2,2 m di diametro, anche se la media \u00e8 di circa 25 m\u00a0di altezza, con tronchi di 1 m di diametro. (1,5 a 10 anni)<\/p>\r\n In Italia pu\u00f2\u00a0arrivare al massimo ai 15-20 m; comunque si tratta di un\u2019altezza tutt\u2019altro che trascurabile.<\/p>\r\n 7-10 m.<\/p>\r\n forma conica larga e regolare. I rami sono, in et\u00e0 giovanile, disposti orizzontalmente e la pianta assume una forma conica. In et\u00e0 adulta, invece, la pianta assume una caratteristica forma pi\u00f9 arrotondata e i rami inferiori sono rivolti verso il basso.<\/p>\r\n Le\u00a0foglie\u00a0sono spesse, dure e appuntite, di forma triangolare, lunghe 3\u20134\u00a0cm e larghe 1\u20133\u00a0cm alla base, con il bordo tagliente come un rasoio. Rimangono sull'albero per 10-15 anni e ricoprono gran parte dell'albero a eccezione dei rami pi\u00f9 vecchi.<\/p>\r\n Infiorescenze simili a grosse pigne che vengono prodotte su esemplari di almeno 30 anni. pianta\u00a0dioica, con gli sporofilli maschili e femminili posti su piante differenti, anche se si conoscono esemplari con entrambi.<\/p>\r\n I coni femminili sono tondeggianti, isolati e posti nella parte terminale dei rami.<\/p>\r\n I coni maschili sono riuniti a gruppi e anch\u2019essi sono posti al culmine dei rami.<\/p>\r\n Come tutte le conifere, l'impollinazione\u00a0avviene tramite il\u00a0vento. Gli sporofilli femminili sono riuniti in infiorescenze sferiche. Quando sono impollinati, producono frutto grande, del diametro di 12\u201320\u00a0cm con\u00a0semi\u00a0simili a grossi pinoli posti alla base di ogni scaglia. Lo strobilo pu\u00f2 contenere fino a 200 semi: in natura si disintegra a maturit\u00e0 per rilasciare i semi che vengono poi dispersi dagli animali.<\/p>\r\n Frutto:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n I frutti sono coni globosi, eretti, sono molto grandi, quasi come un pallone ed ognuno contiene fino a 200 semi, che vengono dispersi solo quando (in autunno) i coni, giunti a maturazione, si sfasciano. Ci\u00f2\u00a0pu\u00f2\u00a0accadere sull\u2019albero o, pi\u00f9\u00a0frequentemente, quando cadono sul terreno, e sono tanto pesanti che possono spezzare anche il ramo che li porta.<\/p>\r\n I semi, commestibili, vengono prodotti ad intervalli di 3-4 anni.<\/p>\r\n corteccia grigia e rugosa, assai spessa.<\/p>\r\n \u201cIl pinolo \u00e8 il seme della Araucaria araucana. Si tratta di un seme estremamente nutriente che rappresenta l\u2019alimento base delle comunit\u00e0 Mapuche del sud dell\u2019Argentina e del Cile, che lo consumano cotto o tostato. (da fondazioneslowfood.com)<\/p>\r\nEnvironment:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
PLANT RECOGNITION<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Araucaria araucana: notes<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The mondo del giardino advice<\/h1>\n
INDIVIDUAZIONE dell\u2019Araucaria araucana<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
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