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Pinus wallichiana

Pinus wallichiana

Taxonomy

Kingdom
PLANTS
Family
Pinaceae - conifers
Genus
Pinus
Synonyms
Slim pine (Pinus wallichiana alebo Pinus excelsa)

Habitat / Home / Areal

It is an evergreen coniferous tall tree, grows to a height of 30-50 m, grows at altitudes of 1800 m to 4300 m, tolerates polluted air, frost-resistant, pyramidal growth, fast-growing

Botanical description

Habitus: it has a wide, conical to oval crown, it has a fine, smooth bark that cracks, in older age it cracks in flakes

Leaf: it has drooping needles,, buds are oblong, ovoid, white resinous, 6 to 12 mm long, young branches are blue-green, glabrous, waxy, needles grow in bundles of five, first upright, later hanging, blue-green, up to 18 cm long and remain on the tree for three to four years.

Flower: inconspicuous flower, male strobili grow in dense clusters on younger twigs, are yellow-brown in color, 10 to 20 mm long. Female cones grow individually or in bundles (up to five), are long-stalked, bent cylindrical, about 3 cm wide, up to 27 cm long

Fruits: light brown obloid cone, non-disintegrating

Growth conditions / Cultivation / Care

Requires deeper, more permeable and humid soil, protection from drying wind, tolerates urban environment

Use / Function and landscape

Garden architecture, attractive woody species, solitaire

Special use

Cones open quickly after ripening (in September), fall in the third year

Reproduction

Seed

Varieties

Pinus wallichiana ‘Densa’,

Diseases and pests

Root rot – pathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporumRhizoctonia solani and Macrophomina phaseolina.