ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 435

  • Scientific Name: Juniperus virginiana L.
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Common Name: Red juniper, Genevrier rouge, Eeastern red cedar
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: ജൂനിപെർ റെഡ്
  • Native: South east Canada to central & East U.S.A, Mexico (Coahuila)
  • Specimen from:
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Evergreen tree, up to 18 m high, initially conical, later with horizontal spreading branches; dioecious. Leaves of two types with adult ones scale-like, overlapping, acute, ± 1.5 mm long and juvenile leaves needle-like, up to 10 mm long. Cones indehiscent, globose, ± 6 mm in diameter, berry-like, dark blue with a bluish grey bloom.
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