Pinus amamiana
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Pinus amamiana (Amami pine,<ref name="iucn status 6 October 2021" /> Yakushima white pine<ref name=gd>Template:Gymnosperm Database</ref>) is a species of pine. It is a native of southern Japan, on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima south of Kyūshū. It has also been grown horticulturally in Japanese parks. This pine can grow to a height of 25 m with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m.
The needles grow in bundles of five and the cones are 5–8 cm in length.
This tree is known in Japanese as amami-goyōmatsu, amami-goyō, and yakutane-goyō.<ref name=gd/>