Cupressaceae

Sugi

Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.) D.Don

Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Cryptomeria

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Sugi: Jhomonsugi in Yaku Island, Japan. Jhomonsugi is the biggest and oldest Yakusugi which is Cryptomeria japonica . — Photo: Yosemite, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (52)

Arabic: سرو اليابان
Armenian: Կրիպտոմերիա ճապոնական
arz: سرو اليابان
Azerbaijani: Yapon kriptomeriyası
Catalan: Cryptomeria
Chinese: 日本柳杉, 柳杉, 圆头柳杉, 孔雀松, 日本香柏, 长叶孔雀松
Croatian: Japanska kriptomerija
Czech: Kryptomerie japonská, Kryptomérie, Kryptomérie japonská
Danish: Japansk Kryptomeria, Chryptomeria japonica, Cryptomerie, Kryptomeria, Kryptomerie, Sugi
dsb: Japańska kryptomerija, Kryptomerija
English: Sugi, Japanese cedar
Esperanto: Sugio
Estonian: Jaapani krüptomeeria
Finnish: Sugi, Japanin setri, Japaninsetri
French: Cedre du Japon, Cryptomère, Cryptoméria, Cryptoméria du Japon, Cèdre du Japon, Sugi
Galician: Criptomeria
Georgian: Იაპონური კრიპტომერია
German: Sicheltanne, Japanische Zeder, Sicheltannen, Sugi, Chinesische Sicheltanne
Greek: Ιαπωνικό κυπαρίσσι
Hebrew: קריפטומריה, ארז יפני, סוגי
hsb: Japanska kryptomerija, Kryptomerija
Hungarian: Japánciprus
Icelandic: Keisaraviður
Indonesian: Cryptomeria
Irish: Céadar Seapánach, Céadras Seapánach
Italian: Cryptomeria, Criptomeria
Japanese: スギ, サンブスギ, タテヤマスギ, 杉, 椙, 神宮スギ, 秋田杉, カワイスギ
Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಪ್ಟೋಮೀರಿಯ
koi: Криптомерия
Korean: 삼나무, 삼나무속
kv: Криптомерия
Lithuanian: Japoninė kriptomerija, Kriptomerija
Macedonian: Криптомерија, Суги, Јапонска криптомерија, Јапонски кедар
mrj: Криптомери, Криптомерия
Nepali: धुपी सल्ला
Norwegian Bokmål: Japanseder, Sugi
Norwegian Nynorsk: Japanseder
Persian: سدر ژاپنی
Polish: Kryptomeria japońska, Szydlica japońska
Portuguese: Criptoméria, Cedro-japonês, Criptomeria
Romanian: Cryptomeria, Criptomeria
Russian: Криптомерия японская, Кипарис японский, Криптомерия, Суги
Slovenian: Japonska kriptomerija, Srpavka
Spanish: Criptomeria japonesa, Sugi
Sundanese: Cedar Jepang
Swedish: Kryptomeria, Sugi
trv: Qulic
Turkish: Japon çamı, Japon sediri, Kriptomerya
udm: Криптомерия
Ukrainian: Криптомерія японська, Криптомерія, Японська криптомерія
Vietnamese: Liễu sam
Welsh: Cochwydden Japan

Synonyms

Cryptomeria araucarioides Henkel & W.Hochst.
Cryptomeria compacta Beissn.
Cryptomeria elegans Jacob-Makoy
Cryptomeria fortunei Hooibr. ex Billain
Cryptomeria generalis E.H.L.Krause
Cryptomeria japonica f. araucarioides (Henkel & W.Hochst.) Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica f. compacta Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica f. dacrydioides (Carrière) Rehder
Cryptomeria japonica f. elegans (Jacob-Makoy) Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica f. lobbii (Carrière) Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica f. nana (Carrière) Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica f. pungens (Carrière) Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica f. spiralis (Miq.) Rehder
Cryptomeria japonica subsp. sinensis (Miq.) P.D.Sell
Cryptomeria japonica var. caespitosa Makino
Cryptomeria japonica var. compacta (Beissn.) C.K.Schneid.
Cryptomeria japonica var. dacrydioides Carrière
Cryptomeria japonica var. fortunei (Hooibr. ex Billain) A.Henry
Cryptomeria japonica var. japonica
Cryptomeria japonica var. lobbii (Billain) Carrière
Cryptomeria japonica var. lobbii Lavallée
Cryptomeria japonica var. nana Carrière
Cryptomeria japonica var. pendula Leroy ex Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.
Cryptomeria japonica var. pungens Carrière
Cryptomeria japonica var. radicans Nakai
Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis Miq.
Cryptomeria japonica var. spiralis Miq.
Cryptomeria kawaii Hayata
Cryptomeria lobbiana Billain
Cryptomeria lobbii (Carrière) Lavallée
Cryptomeria mairei (H.Lév.) Nakai
Cryptomeria mucronata Beissn.
Cryptomeria nana Lindl. & Gordon
Cryptomeria nigricans Carrière
Cryptomeria pungens Beissn.
Cryptomeria variegata Beissn.
Cryptomeria viridis Beissn.
Cupressus japonica Thunb. ex L.
Cupressus mairei H.Lév.
Schubertia japonica (Thunb. ex L.) Jacques

and 2 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Yosemite, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Apple2000, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: fabienne mangin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Chris Ecroyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Benoit Gautier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Takashi KOIKE, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: ernie, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ancora JLC, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: ernie, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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.