Class Pinopsida Scientific name Pinus amamiana | Division Pinophyta Genus Pinus Rank Species | |
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Similar Pinus jaliscana, Pinus praetermissa, Pinus fenzeliana, Pinus bhutanica, Pinus rzedowskii | ||
Pinus amamiana (Amami pine, Yakushima white pine) is a species of pine. It is a native of southern Japan, on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima south of Kyūshū. It has also been grown horticulturally in Japanese parks. This pine can grow to a height of 25 m with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m.
The needles grow in bundles of five and the cones are 5-8 cm in length.
This tree is known in Japanese as amami-goyamatsu, amami-goyo, and yakutane-goyo.
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