Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Brown, Purple, Red, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood. — A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.

Habitat & North American Range

Found only in a narrow belt a few kilometres wide near the California coast, in dry bluffs and slopes below 300 metres. (Zone 3)