Pinus massoniana

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pinus massoniana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pinus massoniana, Lamb. Tree, to 80 ft., with slender, spreading branches: branchlets yellowish brown: lvs. very slender and thin, light green, 5-8 in. long: cones oblong-ovate or ovate, dull brown, 2-3 in. long; apophysis flattened, slightly keeled, with a small, flat, unarmed umbo; seed 1/5 in. long. China.—Not hardy N. and rarely cult. Often confounded with P. sinensis and P. densiflora. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Read about Pinus massoniana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

syn. Pinus sinensis, Lamb. (P. leucos- perma, Maxim. P. funebris, Komar. P. Henryi, Mast. P. Wilsonii, Shaw. P. tabuliformis. Carr.). Tree, to 70 ft.: bark of trunk dark gray, fissured, red on the limbs: branchlets pale orange-yellow or pale grayish yellow, slightly bloomy while young: winter buds oblong, light brown, lustrous, slightly or not resinous: lvs. 2-3, of tener 2, stiff, glaucescent, with rough margins, 2—4 in. long: cones subsessile, ovoid, 1 1/2 -2 1/2 in. long, persistent for several years, pale yellow- brown ; apophysis rhombic, prominently keeled, with an obtuse or mucronate umbo; seeds brown, mottled or whitish, over 1/4 in. long, with the wing 3/4 in. long. Cent, and W. China. Var. densata, Shaw (P. densata, Mast. P. prominens, Mast.). Lvs. 3-5 in. long, stiff: cones ovoid, 2 - 2 1/2 in. long, oblique, with their posterior apophysis tumid and Prominent. Var. yunnanensis, shaw (P. yunnanensis, Franch.). Lvs. oftener 3, slender, 4-8 in. long: cones 2 1/2-3 1/2in. long; apophysis flat; umbo small; seed with wing nearly 1 in. long. S.W. China. Group 10. Australes. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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