✿Taxodiaceae · Cryptomeria
Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cryptomeria japonica
- Genus
- Cryptomeria
- Family
- Taxodiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Japan, South China
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (NT)
Local Names
- Nepali
- धुपी सल्ला
About Japanese Cedar
A member of the Taxodiaceae family, Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and 2 other states. It is cultivated.
Uses
In practice it is cut for timber and furniture, planted as an ornamental and tapped for gum or resin.
In culture
It is recorded in classical literature.
Botanical family
Taxodiaceae
Taxodium Family
Japanese Cedar belongs to the Taxodiaceae family.
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