Monkey-puzzle - Araucaria araucana
Alternative names
Chile Pine
Description
A. araucana is a distinctive evergreen tree with branches clothed in sharply pointed, triangular dark green leaves. Mature plants may bear cones on the upper branches, male and female usually on separate trees.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Only found as planted specimens in Britain.
When to see it
All year round.
Life History
Evergreen.
UK Status
Originally native to Chile and Central America.
VC55 Status
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland as planted trees. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015