Pinus patula Schl. & Chem.

Type
Exotic
Family
Pinaceae
Common Name
Patula pine
Origin
Mexico
Botanical Features

Trees, bark reddish-brown, irregularly fissured; winter buds oblongish, to 2 cm; scales lanceolate, to 1 cm, acuminate, margins fringed. Leaves in 3s, to 20 cm, margins serrulate, apex acute; basal sheath to 1.5 cm, persistent. Staminate cones oblong, Pistillate cones broadly ellipsoid, later ovoid-ellipsoid.