Araucaria bidwillii, commonly known as the bunya pine, bunya, banya or bunya-bunya, is a large coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae which is endemic to Australia. Its natural range is southeast Queensland with two very small, disjunct populations in northeast Queensland's World Heritage listed Wet Tropics. There are many planted specimens on the Atherton Tableland, in New South Wales, and around the Perth metropolitan area, and it has also been widely planted in other parts of the world. They are very tall trees – the tallest living individual is in Bunya Mountains National Park and was reported by Robert Van Pelt in January 2003 to be 51.5 m (169 ft) in height.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bunya Pine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Araucaria hunsteinii
- Araucaria cunninghamii
- Wollemia nobilis
- Araucaria angustifolia
- Agathis lanceolata
- Araucaria heterophylla
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Araucariaceae
- Genus
- Araucaria
- Species
- Araucaria bidwillii
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