morenda

Updated: May 10, 2025

He could have mentioned several other species, as the "morenda," a large and handsome tree, with very dark foliage, and one of the tallest of the coniferae often rising to the stupendous height of two hundred feet; the "rye" pine, of almost equal height with the morenda, and perhaps even more ornamental; and the "Kolin," or common pine, which forms extensive forests, upon the ridges that rise from six to nine thousand feet above sea-level.

Mayne Reid - The Cliff Climbers: A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"