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.