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.

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