Caribbean Pine seed
LATIN NAME: Pinus caribaea
COMMON NAME: Caribbean Pine
The Caribbean pine is the tall, straight pine of the warm coast, and the clusters of the long needles hold the deep, green crown. The tall, fast-growing, evergreen conifer carries the clusters of the long, slender needles in groups of three and the ovoid, grey-brown cones through the year, one of the fine, straight sights of the warm plantation. The tree is a fine, generous presence of the warm forest and the timber plot. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Caribbean pine is a useful subject of the plant science, and the long needles keep showing up in the work on the tropical pines. The growth of the tree, which is one of the fast timber pines of the warm lowlands, has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the tropical conifers, the plantation forestry and the members of the pine family. The clusters of the three needles and the tall, straight habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the Caribbean pine is a regular subject of the work on the fast pines of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Caribbean pine is a fine, generous tree of the warm forest and the timber plot. The tall, straight trunks rise fast into the fine, useful timber of the warm regions, sawn into the boards, the poles and the boxes of the trade, and the clusters of the long needles hold the deep, green crown through the year. The tree stands the warm, wet lowlands and the poor sandy ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the warm timber plot, the shelterbelt and the reforestation planting. It has been written about in the forestry and the botanical papers for the straight trunks and the fast ways, and it is a fine, long-lived tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.
Keep the seedlings in the pot for the first year, for the taproot settles before the tree goes out into the open ground.
To grow the Caribbean pine from seed, sow the small, brown seeds about half a centimetre down in trays of moist, free-draining soil, keep the trays in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, well-drained ground, the green crown will rise through the years.
can be used in soap making, incense making, candle making,perfume making, for making bath and body products,for oil or tart burners. Use in light bulb rings, to freshen potpourri.