Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Pinus
2. Pinus massoniana Lambert; Descr. Pinus. 1: 17. 1803.
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Trees to 45 m tall; trunk to 1.5 m d.b.h.; bark red-brown toward apex of trunk; gray- or red-brown toward base; irregularly scaly and flaking; crown broadly pyramidal or umbrellalike; branchlets usually growing twice per year; yellowish brown; occasionally glaucous; winter buds brown; ovoid-cylindric or cylindric. Needles 2(or 3) per bundle; slightly twisted; 12-20 cm; stomatal lines present on all surfaces; resin canals 4-8; marginal; base with persistent sheath. Seed cones pendulous; shortly pedunculate; green; turning chestnut brown at maturity; ovoid; conical-ovoid; or ovoid-cylindric; 2.5-7 x 2.5-5 cm. Seed scales suboblong-obovoid or subsquare; apophyses rhombic; slightly swollen or flat; slightly transversely ridged; umbo flattened; slightly sunken; blunt or shortly mucronate in apical part of cone. Seeds narrowly ovoid; 4-6 mm; wing 1.6-2.1 cm. Pollination Apr-May; seed maturity Oct-Dec of 2nd year.
* Plains; hills; mountains; near sea level to 2000 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; W Henan; Hubei; Hunan; S Jiangsu; Jiangxi; SE Shaanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; E Yunnan; Zhejiang
An important tree for afforestation in S China. The timber is used for construction; railway sleepers; mine timber; furniture; wood pulp; etc.; and the trunk as a source of resin and tannin; and for cultivating fungi.