Tony Farrell
  • MONKEY PUZZLE WOOD
  • Monkey Puzzle

    Monkey Puzzle from West Cork
    Diameter: 11 in/ 28cm
    Height: 3 in/ 7.5 cm

    Monkey Puzzle

    Monkey Puzzle from West Cork
    Diameter: 11.5 in/ 29cm
    Height: 3.5 in/ 9.5cm

    Monkey Puzzle

    Monkey Puzzle from West Cork
    Diameter: 12 in/ 31cm
    Height: 4 in/ 7.5 cm


    Monkey Puzzle


    Monkey Puzzle Bowl

    Diameter: 24cm Height: 14cm

    Scientific name: Araucaria araucana
    Common name(s): Monkey Puzzletree or Puzzle Tree
    Origin: Chile (national tree) and the Andes of South America.

    The Monkey Puzzle, or Chile Pine, was introduced to Europe in 1795.
    It is an evergreen tree and seldom lives for longer than 100 years.
    It reaches 24m and has a long, straight trunk with whorled, horizontal branches.
    It became popular in Victorian times.
    The trunk of the tree has very sharp, close-set leaves.