Kaade Sallaa / Bunya-Bunya
Araucaria bidwillii
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Meghalaya & more
How to identify Kaade Sallaa
Identify Kaade Sallaa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Thick, sharply pointed spiny leaves (bunya-bunya).
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Whorled.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Araucariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kaade Sallaa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Araucaria bidwillii
- Genus
- Araucaria
- Family
- Araucariaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- WhorledrecordedThree or more leaves arise from the same point around the stem.“The branches are produced in whorls at regular intervals along the trunk, with leaf-bearing branchlets crowded at their ends.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaade Sallaa itself; the rest are typical of the Araucariaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- SpikerecordedFlowers arranged directly on a central stem without individual stalks.“The cones are terminal, the male (or pollen) cone is a spike up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long which matures around October to November.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Nut
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaade Sallaa itself; the rest are typical of the Araucariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- काँडे सल्ला Kaade Sallaa
About Kaade Sallaa
Bunya-Bunya (Araucaria bidwillii) is a tree in the Araucariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Meghalaya and 2 other states. It is planted.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and cut for timber and furniture.
In culture
It is treated as sacred and appears in worship and turns up in ritual and festival use.
Araucariaceae
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Kaade Sallaa belongs to the Araucariaceae family.
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