Spotlight species on: Juniperus excelsa, M.Bieb.
Spotlight species on: Juniperus excelsa, M.Bieb.
Muhammad Shabir Mughal
ABSTRACT
Juniperus excelsa, M. Bieb. (Himalayan
pencil cedar. Snober, Obust) is a member of
family Cupressaceae of Gymnosperms. It is
dioecious, medium sized, evergreen tree, bark
reddish-brown to grey, vertically fissured,
exfoliating in fibrous strips. Leaves of two kinds;
one sharp and needle like and the other flat and
feather like or scale-like, closely pressed, with a
large oblong elliptic glands in the center of the
back. Flowers unisexual, the male at the tips of the
branches, the female terminating short side
branchlets. Flower appears between May and June
and fruit berries ripen between September and
October in the next year. Fruit 0.8 cm diameter,
globose, blue-black and very resinous. Each fruit
contains 2-5 seeds (Parker, 1926).
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September 1993
Vol. 43, Iss. 3
