Feuilles : géminées, longues de 10-20 cm, raides, épaisses, souvent contournées, d'un vert blanchâtre ;
Leaves: ('needles') are in pairs, very stout (2 mm broad), very long, up to 25 cm long,and bluish-green to distinctly yellowish-green.
Cônes : oblongs-coniques aigus, longs de 12-18 mm, d'un roux vif et luisant, subsessiles et réfléchis; écailles à écusson épais, pyramidal, caréné en travers, portant au centre un mamelon court et pyramidal; graines assez grosses, longues de 8-10 mm, d'un noir luisant sur une face, à aile 4-5 fois plus longue qu'elles.
Cones: conic, 10-20 cm long and 4-6 cm broad at the base when closed, green at first, ripening glossy red-brown when 24 months old. They open slowly over the next few years, or after being heated by a forest fire , to release the seeds, opening to 8-12 cm broad. The seeds are 8-10 mm long, with a 20-25 mm wing, and are wind-dispersed.
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