Trees Planet: Cedrus deodara

General Information

Common Name	Deodar Cedar
Scientific Name	*Cedrus deodara*
Sun Tolerance	Full Sun
Height	40 - 50 m (131 - 164 ft)
Spread	15 -20 m (50 - 66 ft)
Growth Rate	Fast
Bloom Time	Spring
Color	Green,
Flower Color	Green
Type	Tree
Native	Africa, Asia, Europe.

Classification

Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Coniferophyta – Conifers
Class	Pinopsida
Subclass
Order	Pinales
Family	Pinaceae – Pine family
Genus	Cedrus Carr. – Cedar
Species	C. deodara

Cedrus deodara – Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara commonly known as Deodar Cedar also known as Himalayan cedar. It is native to Western Himalaya, India. It is a large growing evergreen tree that grows 40–50 m (131–164 ft) in height sometime grows up to 60 m (197 ft) with a trunk up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter.

The Deodar Cedar Differs principally from the Atlas Cedar in having a flexible, pendulous leader; and differs from both the Atlas and the Lebanon Cedar in having longer needles, pendulous tips to the branches and larger barrel-shaped cones. Furthermore, it is a relatively taller, more graceful and erect tree than either of the other cedars. The tree is a native of the western Himalayan ranges of India, and was introduced to Britain in 1831 and 1841.

The trees are conical when young, later developing massive trunks and large often spreading branches. The branchlets are of two kinds: the long terminal gracefully drooping growth shoots with needles scattered around them (‘juvenile’ foliage), and short spur growths with needles in rosettes.

The young needles are yellowish. The mature needles are from 1-2 inches in length, and a soft shade of green.

Both sexes of flowers are usually found on different branches of the same tree, though whole trees may be of one sex. The male catkins are long and erect, dull greyish-green with a purplish bloom, liberating bright yellow pollen in autumn. The females are small, greenish, erect conelets. The resultant erect resinous barrel-shaped green cones, up to 5 inches long, do not reach full size until after two years, when they turn brown and ripen within a few months. They then gradually break up to release their winged seeds, the central spike of the cone alone remaining.

Like as the Atlas Cedar, at first the bark is smooth and grey, but with age becomes brown, furrowed and scaly. The wood has a narrow whitish sapwood and a mid-brown heartwood, and is fairly hard, fragrant, naturally durable, and will work to a fine finish. It is scarce, hence little used commercially.

It is also use as Medicine. The inward wood is sweet-smelling and used to make incense. Inward wood is refined into key oil. As bugs stay away from this tree, the fundamental oil is utilized as creepy crawly repellent on the feet of steeds, dairy cattle and camels. It likewise has hostile to parasitic properties and has some potential for control of contagious disintegration of flavors amid capacity. The external bark and stem are astringent.