Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Gymnosperms
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Class
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Coniferopsida |
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Order |
Coniferales |
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Family
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Pinaceae |
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Genus
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Cedrus |
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Species
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deodara |
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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. |
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Botanical name:
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Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don |
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Local/Trade Names: |
Himalayan Cedar, Deodar |
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Conservation status:
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Forms a forest type in Western Himalaya. |
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Digonestic features:
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Leaves acicular (needle like). |
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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. |
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Distribution: |
Widely distributed in the Western Himalaya from Afghanistan to West Nepal. |
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Where to see it: |
Pinetum |
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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. |
