Pinus tropicalis Morelet

Tropical pine (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall; trunk to 1.8 m d.b.h. in native range; bark grayish red, irregularly furrowed into large, oblong plates; crown broadly rounded; branchlets orange-brown initially, aging gray-brown or gray, stout, rough; winter buds stout, scales reflexed. Needles very erect, 2(or 3) per bundle, stiff, 10-30 cm × ca. 1 mm, resin canals 2-9, large, touching both endodermis and hypodermis and forming a septum, margin serrulate. Seed cones erect or spreading, shortly pedunculate, pale brown, ovoid-conical, 5-8 cm. Apophyses orange-brown, pyramidal, cross ridged; umbo not spinose.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 22.5
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Environment

Savannahs and scrubland on coastal plains and low foothills, growing on very well-drained but nutrient-poor sandy or gravelly alluvial soils which are dry due to their rapid drainage; at elevations up to 300 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses dye material medicinal oil timber wood
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) 23 - 30
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Images

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Distribution

Pinus tropicalis world distribution map, present in China and Cuba

Conservation status

Pinus tropicalis threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:314858-2
WFO ID wfo-0000481579
COL ID 4J2K2
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Pinus tropicalis Pinus terthrocarpa Pinus cubensis var. terthrocarpa