| Pinus wallichiana | |
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| Tree at Tortworth Court arboretum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Subgenus: | P. subg. Strobus |
| Section: | P. sect. Quinquefoliae |
| Subsection: | P. subsect. Strobus |
| Species: | P. wallichiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinus wallichiana | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pinus griffithii McClelland | |
Pinus wallichiana is a coniferous evergreen tree native to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east across northern Pakistan and north west India to Yunnan in southwest China. It grows in mountain valleys at altitudes of 1800–4300 m (rarely as low as 1200 m), reaching 30–50 m (98–164 ft) in height. It favours a temperate climate with dry winters and wet summers. In Pashto, it is known as Nishtar.[2]
This tree is often known as Bhutan pine,[3] (not to be confused with the recently described Bhutan white pine, Pinus bhutanica, a closely related species). Other names include blue pine,[3] Himalayan pine[3] and Himalayan white pine.[3]
- ^ Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus wallichiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42427A2979371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42427A2979371.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "نښتر - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ a b c d "Pinus wallichiana A. B. Jacks". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 April 2014.