Cupressaceae
Syrian juniper
Juniperus drupacea
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- عرعر سوري
- arz
- عرعر سورى
- azb
- چییردکلی آردیج
- Azerbaijani
- Çəyirdəkli ardıc
- Chinese
- 合子刺柏
- English
- Syrian juniper
- Estonian
- Süüria kadakas
- French
- Genévrier de Syrie, Genevrier de Syrie
- German
- Syrischer Wacholder
- Greek
- Συριακή άρκευθος
- Hebrew
- ערער גלעיני
- Hungarian
- Szír boróka
- lah
- شامی صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Syrisk einer
- Persian
- ارس شامی
- Russian
- Можжевельник косточковый
- Spanish
- Enebro de Siria
- Swedish
- Druv-en, Syrisk en
- Turkish
- Andız, Andız ağacı
Synonyms
- Arceuthos drupacea (Labill.) Antoine & Kotschy
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: serghejamici, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samo Kreft, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saglıkcıormancı2, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.