It's conifer that grows extremely slowly (its trunck grows 1 cm. of thickness every 15 or 20 years) and can live for 3 to 4 thousand years. Reaches a height of 50 meters and a diameter of 3 to 4 meters. The branchwork is irregular, forming a pyrimidal top and it's moderately thick bark is reddish with deep longitudinal grooves. Its wood is reddish, of excellent quality and beautiful grain. Also, it's light and hard-wearing, imputrescible and insect-resistant.
 

Family: Cupresáceas

Distribution: Grows between Valdivia and Chiloé. By the Coastal Range, in the Pelada mountain (at the height of Osorno and Valdivia, more than 600 m. above sea level). In the average depression, between Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt and in the Andes mountain range between Llanquihue and the Futaleufú river. It can be also found in Chiloé.