Back to Rainforest Plants Gallery Botanical Name: Araucaria bidwillii Common Name: Bunya Pine Fruit & Seed Description: The male cones are narrow, Cylindrical structures to about 20 cm long on the ends of short branchlets. . The large, female fruiting cones are very large (football sized), containing 50-100 edible seeds.  References: AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST SEEDS (CSIRO Publishing, 2020) Authors: Mark Dunphy, Steve McAlpin, Paul Nelson, Michelle Chapman (SEEDTREE MAPS Founder)

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