History and Stories of the Araucaria Trees

1. Araucaria

2. Our Bunya Bunya (araucaria bidwillii) at 123 Walnut Avenue, Mill Valley, California
Purchased by the original owners at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco

3. Diorama of an Araucaria Forest 200 Million Years Ago

4. Araucaria Trees and Dinosaurs
(from the program Walking with Dinosaurs)

5. Petrified Arizona Araucaria
225,000,000 years ago

6. This silicified araucaria mirabilis cone comes from the Patagonia
region of Argentina. The above specimen came from a site that was
buried by a volcanic eruption approximately 160 million years ago.
We can still see the seeds around the edges of the cone’s interior and
the fibrous tissues surrounding them because of the extremely slow
and uniform process of silicification.

7. Araucaria Bidwillii (Bunya Bunya)

9. Cones and Birds in our Bunya Bunya Tree
How many cones can you find?

10. Bunya Bunya Cone Size Comparison

11. Bunya Bunya Cone Details

12. Warning Signs!
Brisbane, Australia San Francisco, California

13. Bunya Bunya top guitar by Cole Clark

14. The Bunya Bunya Feast
Celebrated by the Aborigines until the end of the 19th century
Revived today in Australia

15. Bunya-Bunya Feast Millions of Years Ago and Today

16. Helpful Notes from a Bunya Bunya Net Recipe
http://aviculturalsocietynsw.org/_articles/plant-bunya-pine.htm#.XYWZnS-ZMc0
"The first involves boiling the nuts for half an hour or so on the stove, or cooking them in the microwave for a shorter period. Do not
put bunya nuts in the microwave by themselves, as they will explode. The microwave method is quicker, probably uses less energy
and can be used with smaller quantities of nuts. Once you have boiled the nuts, use a pair of needle nose pliers to remove the shell. It
is easiest if you use a set with a thin nose, as you have to jam one of the jaws into the pointy end of the nut. Once you’ve done that,
grip onto the end of the shell and pull it off the nut. You can also rotate the pliers to roll up the shell, like those old sardine cans. The
nuts can then be eaten as is, or used in cooking. It doesn’t seem to harm the eating quality if you cook them twice.
"Another method is to put a nut onto a block of wood and chop it in half with a machete. A meat clever or tomahawk may be a
suitable substitute. You need to do a clean cut all or most of the way through the nut. Obviously, do not attempt to hold the nut while
chopping it and keep your free hand well away.”Make a clean cut all or most of the way through the nut. Obviously, do not attempt to
hold the nut while chopping it and keep your free hand well away."

17. Bunya Bunya Art

18. Bunya Bunya Python

19. Bunya Bunya Spirit

20. Sydney Opera House and Bunya-Bunya Branchlet

21. Other Members of the Araucaria Family
Araucaria heterophylla
Araucaria angustifolia
Wollemia nobilis
Araucaria humboltensis
Araucaria ruleiAraucaria Araucana

22. The Araucaria Humboltensis grows wild in only three parks in New Caledonia.
A Rare Araucaria Humboltensis in New Caledonia Preserve

23. One of the Rarest Araucaria: Araucaria Nemorosa
Only 5,000 remaining in one forest, New Caledonia

24. Araucaria rulei, New Caledonia
The Araucaria rulei grows almost exclusively in areas rich in nickel where the exploitation of
the land has placed this tree in the endangered category.

25. The Threat to Araucaria in New Caledonia: Nickel Mines
A Nickel Mining Site in New Caledonia

26. The Rarest Araucaria: Wollemia Nobilis
Discovered in New South Wales, Australia, 1994
Fewer than 100 Wollemia trees are now growing in the wild

27. a
tree

28. Cook Island Pines in a Village, Lanai

29. Leaning Cook Island Trees
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2133476-the-strange-cook-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator/

30. Small Cook Island Pines are used as Christmas trees in India:

31. Cook Pine Vase and Translucent Bowl

32. Norfolk Pine

33. Norfolk Pine Vase and Translucent Bowl

34. Araucaria Augustifolia (Brazilian Pine)

35. Growth of Araucaria Augustifolia (Brazilian Pine)

36. Brazilian Pine Bonsai Forest

37. Brazilian Araucaria Augustifolia Sunset

38. Brazilian Araucaria Augustifolia by Horst Schnepper

39. Brazilian Araucaria Augustifolia Tattoo

40. Monkey Puzzle Forest, Chile

41. Monkey Puzzle Tatoos

42. “””The most common pharmacological activity of Araucaria in modern medicines is anti-inflammatory. It also possesses
other pharmacological activities such as antiulcer, antiviral, neuro-protective, anti-depressant and anti-coagulant.”
— Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
“”Medical Uses of Araucaria Trees

43. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria
Araucaria Resources
https://newcaledoniaplants.com/plant-catalog/araucarians/
WikiPedia Essay on Araucaria: New Caledonia Araucaria: