Pinus durangensis, the Durango pine or pino real is a pine tree species endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range of north-western Mexico.
This species is related to Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine), and included in the same subsection Ponderosae.
The tree is found from Chihuahua and Sonora, southwards through Durango and Jalisco, to Michoacán. It is a moderately high altitude species, growing at .
Pinus durangensis is an evergreen tree reaching in height, with a trunk up to in diameter and a broad, rounded crown. The bark is thick, dark gray-brown, and scaly or fissured.
The leaves are needle-like, dark green, five to seven, rarely eight per fascicle (mostly six, the high regularly occurring number in the genus), 14âÂÂ24 cm long and 0.7-1.1 mm wide, the persistent fascicle sheath 1.5âÂÂ3 cm long.
The cones are ovoid, 5âÂÂ9 cm long, green ripening brown, opening when mature in spring to 5âÂÂ6 cm broad. The seeds are winged, 5âÂÂ6 mm long with a 1.5-2.5 cm wing. Pollination is in late spring, with the cones maturing 20âÂÂ22 months after.