Taxon:
Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. conif. 26. 1847
Verified:
07/11/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, R. P. 1999. Systematics of the multi-seeded eastern hemisphere Juniperus based on leaf essential oils and RAPD DNA fingerprinting. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 27:709-725.
- Adams, R. P. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2. 2008
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- Farjon, A. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 2005 348-349.
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- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
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Common names
English
African juniper – African pencil-cedar – East African juniper – East African-cedar – Kenya-cedar – Portuguese (Brazil)
junípero – Transliterated Arabic
arar – Transliterated Arabic (Ethiopia)
birbirssa – tedh – Transliterated Arabic (Somalia)
deyib –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Djibouti | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Congo, Zaire (e.)
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
essential oils (fide Monog Cupressaceae) –