Kuromatsu
Pinus Thunbergii


A large evergreen tree with a crooked trunk.Bark is dullgrey, fissured into irregular plate.

Leaves are in clusters of two, stout, bright green.

Artificial forests of this pine have been established for coastal sand protection.

The wood is used for civil engineering, the foundation of buildings, paper pulp.

Distribution ; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Korea


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