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Pinus tabuliformis
Also called Manchurian red pine, Southern Chinese Pine, Chinese Pine
Pinus tabuliformis, also called Chinese red pine, Manchurian red pine, or Southern Chinese pine is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae, a pine native to northern China and northern Korea.
The species can be found in northern China from Liaoning west to Inner Mongolia and Gansu, and south to Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi, as well as northern Korea.
The wood is used for general construction. The pulpwood produces certain resins that are used as artificial vanilla flavouring (vanillin). The resin is also used to make turpentine and related products, and is used medicinally to treat a variety respiratory and internal ailments, such as kidney and bladder upsets, wounds, and sores. The bark is a source of tannin. Medicinal use of the pine needles also takes place, which also contain a natural insecticide, as well as a source for a dye. The needles are used to brew pine needle tea (sollip-cha).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinus tabuliformis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
