Tags: Conifer.
Pinus merkusii the Sumatran pine is a pine native to the Malesia region of southeast Asia mainly in Indonesia in the mountains of northern Sumatra and with two outlying populations in central Sumatra on Mount Kerinci and Mount Talang and in the Philippines on Mindoro and in the Zambales Mountains on western Luzon. The population in central Sumatra between 1° 40′ and 2° 06′ S latitude is the only natural occurrence of any member of the Pinaceae south of the Equator.
