Tags: Conifer.
The Yakushima white pine (Pinus amamiana) is a native of southern Japan on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima south of Kyūshū. It has also been grown horticulturally in Japanese parks. This pine can grow to a height of 25 m with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m. The needles grow in bundles of five and the cones are 5-8 cm in length. This tree is known in Japanese as amami-goyamatsu amami-goyo and yakutune-goyo.