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Botanical Name	Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco
Family Name	Araucariaceae
Common Name	New Caledonian pine, Cook's pine
Tamil Name	கிறிஸ்துமஸ் மரம்
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Native to America and Pacific Islands, Throughout India
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Narrowly conical tree grows up to 30-60m height, bark dark brown, rough, papery and peeling off in to thin strips, resin present. The horizontal branches are in whorls around the upright trunk. Leaves: spirally arranged overlapping leave, Young leaves are needle like and matured leaves lanceolate-ovate to triangular. Flower: Male cones are smaller, numerous , drooping, scaly, cylindrical and hang from the lower branches, scaly and foxtail like in appearance. Female cones are egg shaped, scaly and located in the upper branches. Fruit: No fruit formation. Seeds: No seed formation.
Flowering and Fruiting	Cone formation- October - December
Key Compounds	Diterpene, tannin, biflavanoid, isoflavanoids, phenyl propanoids, furans.
Medicinal Use	used in the treatment of respiratory infection, rheumatism and ulcer. It also possesses antimicrobial, neuroprotective,antiviral , anticoagulant properties.
At the Campus	Zoology department Backside