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Pinaceae

Deodar cedar

Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) G.Don

Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Cedrus

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Deodar cedar: Old Cedrus deodara , Manali Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India; 2500m altitude.
Photo: Paul Evans from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (61)
Arabic
أرز دوداري, أبهل هندي, أرز هيملايا, ابهل هندي, شجرة الجن, صنوبر هندي
Armenian
Մայրի հիմալայան
arz
ارز دودارى
Asturian
Cedru L'Himalaya
azb
هیمالیا سیدری
Azerbaijani
Himalay sidri
Basque
Himalaiako zedro
Belarusian
Кедр гімалайскі, Гімалайскі кедр
Bulgarian
Хималайски кедър
Catalan
Cedre de l'Himàlaia
Chinese
喜馬拉雅雪松, 喜马拉雅雪松, 雪松, 香柏
Croatian
Himalajski cedar
Czech
Cedr himálajský, Cedr himalájský
Danish
Himalaya-Ceder
dsb
Himalajaska cedra
Dutch
Deodarceder, Deodar, Himalayaceder
English
Deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar
Esperanto
Himalaja cedro, Deodaro
Finnish
Himalajansetri
French
Cèdre de l'Himalaya, Cedre de l'Himalaya, Cèdre déodar, Cèdre sacré
Galician
Cedro do Himalaia
Georgian
Ჰიმალაიური კედარი, Ჰიმალაის კედარი
German
Himalaya-Zeder, Deodar, Himalaja-Zeder, Himalajazeder, Himalayazeder
Hebrew
ארז הימלאי, ארז ההימלאיה
Hindi
देवदार, सीडर
hsb
Himalajaska cedra
Hungarian
Himalájai cédrus
Icelandic
Himalajasedrus
io
Himalaya-cedro
Italian
Cedri dell'Himalaya, Cedri Deodara, Cedro dell'Himalaya, Cedro deodara
Japanese
ヒマラヤスギ, ヒマラヤシーダー, ヒマラヤ杉
Kannada
ದೇವದಾರು
koi
Гималаись сыспу
Korean
개잎갈나무, 히말라야시다
ks
دیودار
lah
دیار, دیودار
Latvian
Himalaju ciedrs
Lithuanian
Himalajinis kedras
Luxembourgish
Himalaya-Zeder
Macedonian
Хималајски кедар
Malayalam
ദേവദാരു, Deodar, ദേവതാരം, ദേവദാരം
Marathi
देवदार
Nepali
देवदार
Norwegian Bokmål
Himalayaseder, Himalaiaseder
Persian
سدر هیمالیا
Polish
Cedr himalajski
Portuguese
Cedro-do-himalaia, Cedro deodara, Cedro do Himalaia, Cedro-deodara, Cedro-dos-himalaias, Deodara
Punjabi
ਦਿਓਦਾਰ
Russian
Кедр гималайский, Гималайский кедр
Serbian
Хималајски кедар
Sindhi
چيل
Slovenian
Himalajska cedra
Spanish
Cedro de la India, Cedro del Himalaya, Cedro deodar
Tamil
தேவதாரம்
Telugu
దేవదారు, దేవదారు పత్రి, దేవదారుపత్రం, దేవదారువు
Turkish
Himalaya sediri
Ukrainian
Кедр гімалайський
Urdu
دیودار, Cedar, سرو
Vietnamese
Tuyết tùng Himalaya
Welsh
Cedrwydden ddeodar
wuu
喜马拉雅雪松

Synonyms

  • Abies deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) Lindl.
  • Cedrus deodara f. argentea (J.Nelson) Beissn.
  • Cedrus deodara f. aurea (J.Nelson) Rehder
  • Cedrus deodara f. pendula Beissn.
  • Cedrus deodara f. robusta (C.Lawson) Beissn.
  • Cedrus deodara var. argentea J.Nelson
  • Cedrus deodara var. aurea J.Nelson
  • Cedrus deodara var. compacta Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. fastigiata Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. flava Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. tristis Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. variegata Carrière
  • Cedrus indica Chambray
  • Cedrus libani subsp. deodora (Roxb. ex D.Don) P.D.Sell
  • Cedrus libani var. deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) Hook.f.
  • Larix deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) K.Koch
  • Pinus deodara Roxb. ex D.Don
  • Pinus deodara Roxb.
  • Pinus deodara var. robusta C.Lawson

Flowers

Flower colour
green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.