Editing Pinus tabuliformis (section)

==Uses==
The [[wood]] is used for general [[construction]]. The pulpwood produces certain [[resin]]s that are used as artificial [[vanilla]] flavouring ([[vanillin]]). The resin is also used to make [[turpentine]] and related products, and is used [[medicinal]]ly to treat a variety [[Respiration (physiology)|respiratory]] and internal ailments, such as [[kidney]] and [[Urinary bladder|bladder]] upsets, [[wound]]s, and [[ulcer (dermatology)|sore]]s. The bark is a source of [[tannin]]. Medicinal use of the pine needles also takes place, which also contain a natural [[insecticide]], as well as a source for a [[dye]].{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} The needles are used to brew [[pine needle tea]] (''sollip-cha'').<ref name="SKLD">{{Cite web|url=http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=194142|title=sollip-cha|website=[[Standard Korean Language Dictionary]]|publisher=[[National Institute of Korean Language]]|language=ko|script-title=ko:솔잎차|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225064945/http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=194142|archive-date=25 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the ancient Chinese [[Zhou dynasty]], P. tabuliformis was an official memorial tree, being planted on temple grounds, and in graveyards near the tombs of kings.<ref name=":0" />

It has been widely used for [[Afforestation in China|afforestation]] in Northwest China.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hu |first1=Yanting |last2=Tian |first2=Qing |last3=Zhang |first3=Jinxia |last4=Benoy |first4=Glenn |last5=Badreldin |first5=Nasem |last6=Xing |first6=Zisheng |last7=Luo |first7=Zhuzhu |last8=Zhang |first8=Fu |date=2022-07-08 |editor-last=Liu |editor-first=Chun |title=Effectiveness of Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) plantation at reducing runoff and erosion rates in Anjiagou Watershed in Semi-arid Region of Gansu, China |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=17 |issue=7 |pages=e0271200 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0271200 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=9269950 |pmid=35802737|bibcode=2022PLoSO..1771200H }}</ref>

Its cultivation is uncommon outside of China, grown only in [[botanical garden]]s.