Scientific Name:
Cedrus deodara
Pronunciation:
SEE-druss dee-oh-DAR-uh
Common Name:
Deodar cedar
Family Name:
Pinaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Branching horizontal, whorled with pendulous branchlets; needles sharp, most 2-5cm long x 0.8-1.5mm wide, mid green to glaucous bluish-green, 15-30 per whorl, typically on upper side of branchlets; pollen cones 4-7cm long, ripen and soon abscise in Sep-Oct; seed cones solitary or in pairs, erect, barrel-shaped, 7-10cm long x 5-6cm wide, green-yellow to bluish when young, maturing reddish-brown; scales 5-6cm wide; seeds 15-17mm long x 5-6mm wide, each with a large, light brown wing.
Habit:
Horizontal, Upright
Form:
Oval - horizontal, Pyramidal - widely
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
> 30m
Mature Spread:
> 25m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
South Asia / India
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Specimen plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Needle-like
Arrangement:
Whorled, Spiraled, Sessile
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Parallel venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Glaucous
Colour in Summer:
Bluish, Green
Colour in Fall:
Bluish, Green
Shapes:
Acicular
Apices:
Acute, Aristate
Bases:
Truncate
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Green-yellow
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
Sep, Oct
Fruit Type:
Cone (winged seeds)
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct
Bark Morphology:
Plated
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey
Organ Modifications:
Ectomycorrhizae
Propagation:
Seed
Maintenance:
Medium
Other:
Needle and cone litter from older trees may become a bother
Pest Susceptibility:
Blight or needle cast, Canker or sap rot, Diptera - true flies, Root rot (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- HORT 1155
- Level 4 Apprenticeship
Location(s):
- (MCC) Main Campus Courtyard : 384
- (ONW) Overpass North side West : 594 cv. Kashmir