| Scientific Name: | Araucaria araucana |
| Common Name: | monkey puzzle tree |
| Family Name: | Araucariaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Tall background, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Scale-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Branches horizontal, in whorls of five from trunk; leaves unique, rigid, awls ovate-lanceolate, sharply pointed, closely overlapping, symmetrically whorled, most 3-5cm long x 1-2cm wide (broader than China fir leaves), long persisting (even on trunk); dioecious, pollen cones cylindrical, 5-8(-15)cm long x 3-5(-10)cm wide; seed cones globular, 8-15cm wide, scales with a long triangular recurved point; seeds 2.5-4cm long x 0.7-1.5cm wide plus 2 small even wings. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/ar/Araucaria_araucana.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |