Deodar Cedar
ದೇವದಾರುसीडरதேவதாரம்
Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) G.Don
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 12 m
- wide
- 11 m
Pinaceae
Formerly Abies deodara, Cedrus indica, Larix deodara, Pinus deodara
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- NE. Afghanistan to W. Nepal and NW. India (Morni Hills)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 9.1 m to 15 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 9.1 m to 12 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Hindi
- सीडर, देवदार
- Tamil
- தேவதாரம்
- Telugu
- దేవదారు పత్రి, దేవదారువు, దేవదారుపత్రం
- Kannada
- ದೇವದಾರು
- Marathi
- देवदार
- Malayalam
- ദേവതാരം, ദേവദാരം, ദേവദാരു
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Cedrus deodara (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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