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Division
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Gymnosperms
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Class
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Coniferopsida |
Order |
Coniferales |
Family
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Pinaceae |
Genus
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Cedrus |
Species
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deodara |
Etymology:
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Cedron is a small river in Judaea the original home of Cedrus species and hence the Greek name ceadron. Cedrus is the latin name for Cedrus and it is commonly known as Cedars. |
Botanical name:
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Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don |
Local/Trade Names: |
Himalayan Cedar, Deodar |
Conservation status:
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Forms a forest type in Western Himalaya. |
Digonestic features:
|
Leaves acicular (needle like). |
Description: |
An evergreen, robust tree, 20-30 m tall. Bark grayish, flaking off as oblong scales. Leaves acicular, 2.5-4 cm long, persistent, 3-sided, glaucous. Cones erect, barrel-shaped, 6-10 x 4-8 cm, subsessile, resinous. Seed 2 to each scales, triangular with a broad membranous apical wings. |
Distribution: |
Widely distributed in the Western Himalaya from Afghanistan to West Nepal. |
Where to see it: |
Pinetum |
Uses: |
Strongest of Indian coniferous woods, used for door and window frames, furniture packing-cases, beams, masts, spars and shingles, and also for bridges and railway sleepers. Wood yields an oleoresin and a dark coloured oil used for ulcers and skin diseases. Needles yield an essential oil. Wood considered diuretic, diaphoretic and carminative. Bark used in diarrhoea and dysentery. |
Chief Conservator of Forests & Chief Wildlife Warden is the Head of the Department. There is one post of Conservator of Forests & two posts of Deputy Conservator of Forests viz.