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Chapter 7
Araucaria araucana and Salix
humboldtiana: Two Species Highly
Appreciated by the Society
with Domestication Potential
7.1 Araucaria araucana (Pewen): The Sacred Tree
of the Mapuche Nation
Paula Marchelli, Javier Sanguinetti, Fernanda Izquierdo, Birgit Ziegenhagen,
Angela Martín, Claudia Mattioni, and Leonardo A. Gallo
7.1.1 Introduction
Pewen, Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch (also known as monkey puzzle tree),
is a dioecious large-seeded emergent conifer endemic to the northern region of the
temperate forests of Argentina and Chile. The species integrates the Araucariaceae
family, with an ancient origin in the Triassic (ca. 250 My BP), being the only one
among the 19 species of the taxa which lives in temperate climate (Hill et al. 1995;
Kershaw and Wagstaff 2001).
P. Marchelli (*) · L. A. Gallo
Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB) INTA-CONICET,
Bariloche, Argentina
e-mail: marchelli.paula@inta.gob.ar
J. Sanguinetti
Administración de Parques Nacionales, Parque Nacional Lanín,
San Martín de los Andes, Argentina
F. Izquierdo
INTA AER S. Martín de los Andes, San Martín de los Andes, Argentina
B. Ziegenhagen
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
A. Martín
Department of Genética, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
C. Mattioni
Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,
Porano, TR, Italy