Cupressaceae
African juniper
Juniperus procera
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Amharic
- ጥድ, ጋቲራ, ጽድ
- Arabic
- عرعر طويل, عرعر افريقي
- arz
- عرعر طويل
- Bulgarian
- Стройна хвойна
- Chinese
- 非洲刺柏
- English
- African juniper
- Esperanto
- Altkreska junipero, Orientafrika junipero
- Finnish
- Afrikankataja
- French
- Genévrier d'Afrique, Genevrier d'Afrique
- German
- Ostafrikanischer Wacholder
- Hebrew
- ערער תמיר
- Japanese
- プロセラビャクシン
- lah
- چڑھدا افریقی صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Østafrikansk einer
- Persian
- ارس آفریقایی
- Russian
- Можжевельник стройный, Можжевельник восточно-африканский
- udm
- Шунды ӝужан пал Африкаысь сусыпу
Synonyms
- Juniperus abyssinica hort. ex K.Koch
- Juniperus hochstetteri Antoine
- Sabina procera (Hochst. ex Endl.) Antoine
Photos
Photo: Sema Tu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Luis Garcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yvonne muthoni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: glvrontamitis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sema Tu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: susan brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sema Tu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: susan brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sema Tu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: susan brown, 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). About our plant data.