Weird Tree with Wounds in the Park

Well, I call it the "Weird Tree", or I would if I spoke English in daily life. I actually call it "rare boom".

It is a monkey puzzle tree aka monkey tail tree (Araucaria araucana), apenboom or slangenden in Dutch, that stands in the park across the street from my house.

This photo shows either a female cone, or a bud with new leaves, or needles, or whatever the proper name is for these triangular spikes:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/250s}

On many branches, it had these wounds, oozing resin:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 240mm, ISO200, f4, 1/320s}

I have no idea what causes this; they could be the marks left by cones that fell off, but I am open to better suggestions.

As you can tell, I know little about this tree; it is not native here. These trees hail from from South America.

Meanwhile, another import, a rhododendron, was showing its first flowers of the season:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 240mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/500s}

Available soon in many more colours.

That's all from the park for now; thanks for watching!