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The tree isn't called bunya-bunya in Australia, or at least I've never heard it called that in the 30+ years of me being Australian; it's called a bunya pine. I assume this is an "Americanism", much like calling the smooth paperback a punk tree. Peter1968 14:00, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I'm aware it's *an* (no such thing as *the*) Aboriginal name, but why is this article titled such? It's by no means the common name for them. They grow everywhere around me, and every seedsman, nursery and even NSW National Parks references call them the Bunya Pine. I've never heard them called a "bunya-bunya" in Australia. The reason I mentioned the Americanism, is because I've seen them for sale on American nursery websites where they've been named that. Much the way smooth paperbarks are "punk trees" and Sheoak Casuarinas are "Australian Pines." It's not an insult or a slight on Americans.
I'm aware they're not a true pine (just like the Norfolk and Hoop Pines aren't of the Pinus genus) but early botanists had a tendency to name every conifer they found in Australia a pine.
All in all, Bunya Pine is the common name of this plant and I believe the article needs to be renamed to reflect that. Peter1968 14:22, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I've been told by respected bush food experts that the seed must be blanched to remove a mild poison. Do we have any references confirming it can be eaten raw? (I wouldn't want someone to get sick eating one raw) njh 00:35, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I changed the picture of the tree to one that's far more representative of the tree's shape and habit. The one that was there before didn't do it any justice as far as identifying the tree goes.
The old picture is here for nostagia purposes. Peter1968 08:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Aren't the cones from these things the original true "drop bear"? They are large and when they drop out of the tree you really know about it... But they aren't mentioned on that page either so I'm guessing nobody has ever written about an actual thing that came to be passed off to kids as "drop bears". Ga rr ie 23:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Southeast Queensland, mainly around the Bunya Mountains. It is naturalised elsewhere is Australia, Northern Rivers, North Queensland, etc. The only other species of Araucaria native to Australia is A. cunninghamii, the Hoop Pine. see. Peter1968 01:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
If this species isn't a bunya nut tree then what exactly is the bunya nut tree? This is the only species I have ever heard that name applied to. To further confuse the issue, the next sentence after the one claiming this is not a bunya nut tree states "Bunya nuts are slow to germinate". I've removed the offending sentence until someone clears this mess up. Ethel Aardvark
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Unfortunately I've had to rollback Marghanita da Cruz's addition as it didn't cite any source(s) and is rather broad. When was the event(s) held, was it every few years, why was it significant to the indigenous people (the event and the pines) ect. If it could be cleared up, I think it could have its own subsection in Cultural significance. Bidgee ( talk) 08:10, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Due to the sacred status of the bunyas, some tribes would not camp amongst these trees... [1] - doubtful. That is, of course they didn't, but probably not for any religious reason. You'd be stark raving bonkers to camp under a bunya. The cones can kill. Andrewa ( talk) 10:32, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
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The monkey puzzle Araucaria of South America starts to produce cones after the age of 30. What age are bunya's when they begin to produce cones? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:3597:3400:2861:94E8:2643:ABF5 ( talk) 11:20, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
nobody refers to bunya pines as "false monkey puzzles". as this was included in the article with no source, I deleted it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.179.176.35 ( talk) 16:58, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
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after talking with Kurt Hamilton some years back I finally decided to try and contribute in the first time I do it gets deleted. I can only wonder why they're so few contributions. There was no reason even published. What gives. Christmass Coan ( talk) 01:46, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
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The tree isn't called bunya-bunya in Australia, or at least I've never heard it called that in the 30+ years of me being Australian; it's called a bunya pine. I assume this is an "Americanism", much like calling the smooth paperback a punk tree. Peter1968 14:00, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I'm aware it's *an* (no such thing as *the*) Aboriginal name, but why is this article titled such? It's by no means the common name for them. They grow everywhere around me, and every seedsman, nursery and even NSW National Parks references call them the Bunya Pine. I've never heard them called a "bunya-bunya" in Australia. The reason I mentioned the Americanism, is because I've seen them for sale on American nursery websites where they've been named that. Much the way smooth paperbarks are "punk trees" and Sheoak Casuarinas are "Australian Pines." It's not an insult or a slight on Americans.
I'm aware they're not a true pine (just like the Norfolk and Hoop Pines aren't of the Pinus genus) but early botanists had a tendency to name every conifer they found in Australia a pine.
All in all, Bunya Pine is the common name of this plant and I believe the article needs to be renamed to reflect that. Peter1968 14:22, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I've been told by respected bush food experts that the seed must be blanched to remove a mild poison. Do we have any references confirming it can be eaten raw? (I wouldn't want someone to get sick eating one raw) njh 00:35, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I changed the picture of the tree to one that's far more representative of the tree's shape and habit. The one that was there before didn't do it any justice as far as identifying the tree goes.
The old picture is here for nostagia purposes. Peter1968 08:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Aren't the cones from these things the original true "drop bear"? They are large and when they drop out of the tree you really know about it... But they aren't mentioned on that page either so I'm guessing nobody has ever written about an actual thing that came to be passed off to kids as "drop bears". Ga rr ie 23:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Southeast Queensland, mainly around the Bunya Mountains. It is naturalised elsewhere is Australia, Northern Rivers, North Queensland, etc. The only other species of Araucaria native to Australia is A. cunninghamii, the Hoop Pine. see. Peter1968 01:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
If this species isn't a bunya nut tree then what exactly is the bunya nut tree? This is the only species I have ever heard that name applied to. To further confuse the issue, the next sentence after the one claiming this is not a bunya nut tree states "Bunya nuts are slow to germinate". I've removed the offending sentence until someone clears this mess up. Ethel Aardvark
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Unfortunately I've had to rollback Marghanita da Cruz's addition as it didn't cite any source(s) and is rather broad. When was the event(s) held, was it every few years, why was it significant to the indigenous people (the event and the pines) ect. If it could be cleared up, I think it could have its own subsection in Cultural significance. Bidgee ( talk) 08:10, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Due to the sacred status of the bunyas, some tribes would not camp amongst these trees... [1] - doubtful. That is, of course they didn't, but probably not for any religious reason. You'd be stark raving bonkers to camp under a bunya. The cones can kill. Andrewa ( talk) 10:32, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
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The monkey puzzle Araucaria of South America starts to produce cones after the age of 30. What age are bunya's when they begin to produce cones? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:3597:3400:2861:94E8:2643:ABF5 ( talk) 11:20, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
nobody refers to bunya pines as "false monkey puzzles". as this was included in the article with no source, I deleted it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.179.176.35 ( talk) 16:58, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
It seems no one has been patrolling the article to monitor the quality of edits. I have made a large number of changes to it over the last week, added numerous {{cn}} templates, and I am still working on improvements. I'll monitor the page to see if anyone can provide valid references, as well as searching for them myself. Any statements that have not been verified in say, 6 month's time (1 Nov 2023), I will remove - could I get a consensus on that? Junglenut | Talk 08:24, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
after talking with Kurt Hamilton some years back I finally decided to try and contribute in the first time I do it gets deleted. I can only wonder why they're so few contributions. There was no reason even published. What gives. Christmass Coan ( talk) 01:46, 25 August 2023 (UTC)