Cupressaceae

Drooping juniper

Juniperus recurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Juniperus

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Drooping juniper: Juniperus recurva cultivated in Britain — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 垂枝柏, 垂枝柏*(曲伊圆柏）, 曲伊圆柏, 弯枝桧, 曲枝柏, 曲桧
English: Drooping juniper, Sacred juniper
French: Genévrier de l'himalaya, Genevrier de l'Himalaya
Norwegian Bokmål: Coxeiner
Russian: Можжевельник отогнутый
Spanish: Enebro lloron, Enebro llorón

Synonyms

Juniperus butanensis Wender.
Juniperus canescens Wall. ex Gordon
Juniperus incurva Buch.-Ham. ex Endl.
Juniperus lambertiana Wall. ex Endl.
Juniperus lorulasi K.Koch
Juniperus nepalensis Rinz ex Gordon
Juniperus procumbens Siebold ex Lindl.
Juniperus recurva var. tenuifolia Spach
Juniperus religiosa Royle
Juniperus repanda Carrière
Juniperus squamosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Juniperus uvifera Loudon
Sabina recurva (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Antoine
Sabinella recurva (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Nakai

Photos

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan C, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patricia Rose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arne Holgersson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.