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Mueller's araucaria

Araucaria muelleri

Mueller's araucaria
Photo: Liné1, CC BY 2.5

Mueller's araucaria is a large conifer tree from southeastern New Caledonia, reaching 10 to 25 metres, rarely grown as a houseplant or garden tree outside the tropics. It needs a warm, humid, frost-free site with good light and well-drained soil.

Family
Araucariaceae (Araucari family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic, humus-rich mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Araucaria muelleri is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae. It is a medium size tree, 10–25 meters in height, with larger leaves than most other New Caledonian Araucarias. It is found only in New Caledonia, in several sites in the far south of Grande Terre, the main island.

Other Araucaria plants

Paraná-pine · Monkey-puzzle · Bernier's araucaria · Bunya · Biramule Araucaria · Coral Reef Araucaria · Moreton Bay pine · Goro Araucaria · Araucaria grandifolia · Norfolk Island Araucaria · Humboldt's Araucaria · Klinkii pine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Araucaria muelleri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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