araucaria

The monkey puzzle tree or araucaria can be found in southern Argentina and southern Chile.

There are several species of Araucaria in Australia though, so many people would also be aware of the Norfolk Island pine ( Araucaria heterophylla ) and probably the hoop pine ( Araucaria cunninghamii ).

When we're as old as bluegreen algae (or hell, even Araucaria araucana), I'll happily revise my position.

I should think there’s quite a lot of overlap between British hackers and Araucaria fans.

I could usually complete an Araucaria puzzle (admittedly after more time that I'm prepared to admit here:-) but show me a puzzle by Puck and I'll probably just sit there staring blankly at it.

If we dig deeper in the rabbit hole, araucaria is the name given to the tree (and the zone where the tree grows, and the indigenous (mapuche) people that inhabited, and keeps inhabiting the land) by the spanish empire.

Actually, I was going to point out that growing up I'd eat the nuts extracted from the cone of the Araucaria tree, which - depending on shape and how ripe they are - could look remarkably like a green pineapple [1].

I think some people who are familiar with the different species would probably understand that if you said “Araucaria” you would be probably be referring to Araucaria araucana.

There's an entire region in Brazil known as "Araucaria forest".

I’ve definitely heard Araucaria araucana called “monkey puzzle” quite often in English, and many people in Australia mistakenly call the bunya pine ( Araucaria bidwillii ) “monkey puzzle” as well because they are closely related species and look fairly similar (I’m from Australia).

"piñon" is also a mapuche word and while we use "araucaria" when refering to the tree, we use "piñón" instead of "araucaria nut".

Araucaria: An open-source argument mapping software developed by researchers at the University of Dundee.

Same for me, together with pinhões from Araucaria[1] trees, which are also unfortunately endangered.

I remember spending many enjoyable Saturday mornings attempting the Guardian crossword - more often than not set by Araucaria.