南洋杉树干耸立,冠形匀整,树姿相当优美。我国南方许多大中城市常见种植,北方亦有温室或盆景栽培。其实它又是一种速生用材树种,近世纪来在世界各地引种栽培颇盛。湛江地区引种南洋杉的历史约有半个世纪之久,五十年代后期曾用当地第一代植株 Araucaria trunk towering, crown-shaped uniform, Shuzi quite beautiful. Many large and medium-sized cities in southern China common planting, there are greenhouse or bonsai cultivation in the north. In fact, it is a kind of fast-growing timber species introduced in the world over the past century quite prosperous. Zhanjiang introduced Araucaria history of about half a century, the fifties have used the first generation of local plants