Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus > Pinus tabuliformisPinus tabuliformis (Chinese red pine; southern Chinese pine; Chinese pine)Synonyms: Pinus tabuliformis f. jeholensis; Pinus tabuliformis f. purpurea Language: Chi; Chinese; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Rus Pinus tabuliformis (油松 yóusōng in Mandarin), Southern Chinese pine or Chinese red pine, is a pine native to northern China from Liaoning west to Inner Mongolia and Gansu, and south to Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi, and also northern Korea. In some older texts the name is spelled "Pinus tabulaeformis". |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Monoecious | | Hazards [2] | The wood, sawdust and resins from various species of pine can cause dermatitis in sensitive people; | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Pollinators [2] | Wind | | Structure [2] | Tree | | Usage [2] | A tan or green dye is obtained from the needles;
The bark is a source of tannin;
The needles contain a substance called terpene, this is released when rain washes over the needles and it has a negative effect on the germination of some plants, including wheat; The needles also have insecticidal properties;
The trunk is a source of resin; Oleo-resins are present in the tissues of all species of pines, but these are often not present in sufficient quantity to make their extraction economically worthwhile; The resins are obtained by tapping the trunk, or by destructive distillation of the wood; In general, trees from warmer areas of distribution give the higher yields; Turpentine consists of an average of 20% of the oleo-resin; Turpentine has a wide range of uses including as a solvent for waxes etc, for making varnish, medicinal etc; Rosin is the substance left after turpentine is removed. This is used by violinists on their bows and also in making sealing wax, varnish etc; Pitch can also be obtained from the resin and is used for waterproofing, as a wood preservative etc.
The timber is used for construction, poles, mine timber, ship building, and furniture; | | | Height [2] | 66 feet (20 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 6Diet and activity budget of Rhinopithecus roxellana in the Qinling Mountains, China, Songtao Guo, Baoguo Li, Kunio Watanabe, Primates (2007) 48:268276 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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