Araucariaceae
Norfolk Island araucaria
Araucaria heterophylla
- Family
- Araucariaceae
- Genus
- Araucaria
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Common names
By language (39)
- Afrikaans
- Norfolkeiland denneboom
- Arabic
- أروكاريا متغايرة الأوراق, أروكاريا متباينة الأوراق, عيد الميلاد
- arz
- اروكاريا متغايرة الاوراق
- Belarusian
- Араўкарыя высокая
- Burmese
- ထင်းရူးပဒေသာပင်
- Chinese
- 小葉南洋杉, 异叶南洋杉, 異葉南洋杉, 诺和克南洋杉
- Croatian
- Sobna jelica, Norfolška araukarija
- Czech
- Blahočet ztepilý, Aukárie ztepilá
- Danish
- Stuegran
- Dutch
- Kamerden
- English
- Norfolk Island araucaria, Norfolk Island pine, Norfolk pine, Star pine
- Esperanto
- Norfolka araŭkario
- Finnish
- Norfolkinaraukaria, Huonekuusi
- French
- Araucarie de Norfolk, Pin de norfolk
- Galician
- Piñeiro de Norfolk
- German
- Zimmertanne, Norfolk-Tanne
- Hebrew
- אראוקריה רמה
- Hindi
- अरौकेरिया हेटरोफिला
- hsb
- Błahoč
- Hungarian
- Norfolk-szigeti araukária, Norfolk-szigeti fenyő, Szobafenyő
- Indonesian
- Cemara Norfolk
- Italian
- Abete di Norfolk
- Japanese
- ノーフォークマツ, コバノナンヨウスギ, シマナンヨウスギ
- Korean
- 아라우카리아, 노퍽소나무, 아라우카리아 헤테로필라
- Latvian
- Dažādlapu araukārija
- Lithuanian
- Aukštoji araukarija
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stuegran
- Persian
- کاج مطبق
- Polish
- Araukaria wyniosła
- Portuguese
- Pinheiro-de-norfolk
- Russian
- Араукария разнолистная, Норфолкская сосна
- Serbian
- Norfolk Island Pine, Собна јела
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၵႄႉ, တူၼ်ႈပႅၵ်ႇပျသၢတ်ႈ
- Slovenian
- Sobna aravkarija, Norfolški bor, Sobna smreka
- smn
- Norfolkaraukaria
- Spanish
- Pino de la Isla Norfolk
- Swedish
- Rumsgran, Norfolkgran
- Tongan
- Paini
- Turkish
- Arokarya Çamı, Salon Çamı
Synonyms
- Abies columbaria Dum.Cours.
- Araucaria excelsa var. glauca Carrière
- Eutacta excelsa var. aurea-variegata Carrière
- Eutacta excelsa var. glauca (Carrière) Carrière
- Eutacta excelsa var. monstrosa Carrière
- Eutacta excelsa var. variegata-alba Carrière
- Eutassa heterophylla Salisb.
- Pinus columbaria Dum.Cours.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Donna Belder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Stella Fish, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bertknot from scarborough, australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Hall from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Normanx, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bob Hall from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ophélie Poisson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bob Hall from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Hall from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.