Identify the species of pine tree based on the following characteristics: needles up to 45 cm long, flexible, female cones 15 to 25 cm long, sessil...

Identify the species of pine tree based on the following characteristics: needles up to 45 cm long, flexible, female cones 15 to 25 cm long, sessile or sub-sessile, dorsal appendage with a 1 to 2 mm spine, when detached always leaves some basal scales on the branch.


Pinus palustris Mill.
Pinus khasya Royle
Pinus taeda L.
Pinus caribaea var. caribaea