Pinus ayacahuite Ehrenb. ex Schltdl.

Horticultural & Botanical History

Introduced from Mexico in 1840.  [PD]. Pinus ayacahuite K. Ehrenb. Linnaea 12: 492. 1838.  Chihuahua to Mexico, Guerrero, and Chiapas; type from Omitlan, Hidalgo. Guatemala.  Large tree; leaves 10 to 20 cm. long; cones 20 to 45 cm. long, pendent, pale yellowish or reddish brown, usually dull; seeds with a large wing, or this rarely almost obsolete.  “Acanita” (Coahuila); “acalocahuite” (Veracruz, Ramirez); “ayacahuite” (Valley of Mexico, Oaxaca, etc.); “ocote blanco” (Oaxaca); “ayacahuite colorado” (Hidalgo. Mexico, Ramirez); “sacalacahuite” (various localities, Ramirez); “pino real” (Oaxaca, Reko); “pino acahuite” or “pino cahuite” (Durango, Patoni).’  [Contributions from the United States National Herbarium – Trees and Shrubs of Mexico vol.22, p.54/1920].

History at Camden Park

Pinus ayacahuite was included in a consignment of plants sent from Kew by John Bidwill in November 1843 [AJCP].  Although it is very likely that these plants were sent to Camden to the care of William Macarthur there is no other evidence of its being grown there.

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