Everything about The Sumatran Pine totally explained
The
Sumatran Pine (
Pinus merkusii) is a
pine native to southeast
Asia, mainly in the mountains of northern
Sumatra, and with two outlying populations, on
Mount Kerinci and
Mount Talang in central Sumatra, and in the
Philippines on
Mindoro and the Zambales Mountains of western
Luzon. The population in central Sumatra, between 1° 40' and 2° 06' S latitude, is the only natural occurrence of any pine south of the
Equator. It generally occurs at moderate altitudes, mostly from 400-1500 m, but occasionally as low as 90 m and up to 2000 m.
It is a medium-sized to large
tree, reaching 25-45 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m. The bark is orange-red, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, and thin and flaky in the upper crown. The
leaves ('needles') are in pairs, very slender, 15-20 cm long and less than 1 mm thick, green to yellowish green. The
cones are narrow conic, 5-8 cm long and 2 cm broad at the base when closed, green at first, ripening glossy red-brown. They open to 4-5 cm broad at maturity to release the seeds. The seeds are 5-6 mm long, with a 15-20 mm wing, and are wind-dispersed.
Sumatran Pine is closely related to
Tenasserim Pine Pinus latteri, which occurs further north in southeast Asia from
Myanmar to
Vietnam; some botanists treat the two as conspecific (under the name
P. merkusii, which was described first), but the Tenasserim Pine differs in longer (18-27 cm) and stouter (over 1 mm thick) leaves and larger cones with thicker scales, the cones often remaining closed for some time after maturity. It is also related to the group of
Mediterranean pines including
Aleppo Pine and
Turkish Pine, which share many features with it.
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