Araucaria

Araucaria, a genus of cone-bearing trees, now mainly confined to the southern hemisphere, but abundant in a fossil state in the secondary rocks of Europe. They are evergreens with whorled branches and flat, stiff, pointed leaves arranged in a close spiral. They bear cones, the scales of which each bear a single edible seed and are deciduous. The chief species are A. imbricata, the Monkey-puzzle or Chilian pine, A. Brasiliensis, A. Bidwillii, the Moreton Bay or Bunya-bunya pine, and A, excelsa, the Norfolk Island pine.