Pinus pinea (Stone pine, Umbrella pine) Kroonden [Afrikaans]
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Pinus pinea (Stone pine, Umbrella pine)
trees on Hof Street, Gardens, Cape Town. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko
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Native to the northern Mediterranean and
grown in South Africa, mainly as a suburban tree. There are large stands of
Stone pine on the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. It has a long, mainly
branchless, trunk terminating in an umbrella-shaped crown. The cones produce
large edible nuts, which in the Western Cape are referred to as dennepitjies
or simply pitjies. Children collect them, crack them open and eat the
soft white kernel. Pine nuts are also used in middle eastern cooking.
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