Cupressaceae
Phoenician juniper
Juniperus phoenicea
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (34)
- aeb
- عرعار
- Arabic
- عرعر فينيقي, العرعر الفينيقي, لزاب
- arz
- عرعر فينيقى
- azb
- قیرمیزی مئیوهلی آردیج
- Azerbaijani
- Qırmızımeyvəli ardıc
- Basque
- Feniziar sabina
- Bulgarian
- Червеноплодна хвойна
- Catalan
- Savina comuna
- Chinese
- 腓尼基刺柏, 红果圆柏
- Corsican
- Aiacciu
- Croatian
- Gluhač
- Czech
- Jalovec fénický
- English
- Phoenician juniper
- Esperanto
- Fenica junipero
- Finnish
- Foinikiankataja
- French
- Genévrier de Phénicie, Genévrier rouge
- German
- Phönizischer Wacholder
- Greek
- Θαμνοκυπάρισσο, Θαμνοκέδρο
- Hebrew
- ערער אדום
- Japanese
- カナリアビャクシン
- kab
- Aɛṛeṛ
- lah
- فنیقی صنوبر
- mwl
- Zimbro Negral
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fønikisk einer
- Persian
- ارس فنیقی
- Polish
- Jałowiec fenicki
- Romanian
- Ienupăr fenician
- Russian
- Можжевельник красноплодный
- shi
- Azukka
- Slovenian
- Škrlatnoplodni brin, Feničanski brin
- Swedish
- Fenicisk en
- Turkish
- Finike Ardıcı
- udm
- Горд емышо сусыпу
- Walloon
- Pectî fenicyin
Synonyms
- Cupressus devoniana Beissn.
- Cupressus tetragona Humb. & Bonpl. ex Carrière
- Juniperus bacciformis Carrière
- Juniperus divaricata Carrière
- Juniperus formosa Carrière
- Juniperus langoldiana Gordon
- Juniperus malacocarpa Carrière
- Juniperus myosuros Sénécl.
- Juniperus myurus Beissn.
- Juniperus phoenicea f. megalocarpa Maire
- Juniperus phoenicea var. lobelii Guss.
- Juniperus phoenicea var. lycia (L.) St.-Lag.
- Juniperus phoenicea var. malacocarpa Endl.
- Juniperus phoenicea var. prostrata Willk.
- Juniperus phoenicea var. pyramidalis Carrière
- Juniperus phoenicea var. sclerocarpa Endl.
- Juniperus terminalis Salisb.
- Juniperus tetragona Moench
- Sabina bacciformis (Carrière) Antoine
- Sabina lycia (L.) Antoine
- Sabina phoenicea (L.) Antoine
- Sabinella phoenicea (L.) Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos

Photo: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pla Li, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: sblasco829y, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Fernando Ramia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: jmrebes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: manon_gsn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: jorgelopezmanes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: jeremy cuvelier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Cécile Oms, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Navamuel Jesús, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Nieves Ortín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: ficus carica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.