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Araucaria bidwillii
bunya bunya / bunya pine

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InfradivisionGymnospermae

Family Name Araucariceae / araucarian

Botanical NameAraucaria bidwillii

Common Names bunya bunya / bunya pine

Native Continents Australia

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Native Range  - J. Maiden in ‘Forest Flora of New South Wales’ 1889


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Fascinating Facts: The cones shed their seeds which are sweet before being perfectly ripe, and after that, resemble roasted chestnuts in taste. They are plentiful once in three years, and when the ripening season arrives… the aborigines assemble in large numbers from a great distance around, and feast upon them. Each tribe has its own particular set of trees, and of these, each family has a certain number allotted, which are handed down from generation to generation with great exactness…