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Pinaceae

Swiss stone pine

Pinus cembra L.

Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Pinus

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Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)
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Common names

By language (49)
Arabic
صنوبر سويسري
arz
صنوبر سيمبرا
bar
Zirm
Basque
Zenbro pinu
Belarusian
Хвоя кедравая еўрапейская
Bulgarian
Европейски кедров бор
Catalan
Pi suís
Chinese
瑞士五葉松, 瑞士五针松
Czech
Borovice limba, Limba
Danish
Cembra-Fyr
dsb
Górska chójca
Dutch
Alpenden, Arve
English
Swiss stone pine, Arolla pine, Swiss pine, Austrian stone pine, Borovice limba, Stone pine
Esperanto
Cembro
Estonian
Alpi seedermänd, Euroopa seedermänd
Finnish
Sembramänty, Siperiansembra, Alppisembra
French
Auvier, Pin arole, Pin cembro, Arol, Arole, Arolle, Cembro, Pin cembra
German
Arve, Zirbelkiefer, Zirbe, Zirbel-Kiefer, Arbe, Borovice limba, Sibirische Zeder, Zirbelholz
Greek
Ελβετικό πεύκο
gsw
Zirbelkiefer
Hebrew
אורן שווייצרי
hsb
Sibirska chójna, Arwa
Hungarian
Havasi cirbolyafenyő, Cirbolyafenyő
Icelandic
Lindifura
io
Cembro
Italian
Cirmolo, Cembro, Pino cembro
Japanese
スイス松, スイスマツ, ヨーロッパハイマツ
koi
Европаись суспу
Lithuanian
Kedrinė pušis
lld
Cier
Macedonian
Лимба, Алпски бор, Швајцарски бор
Mongolian
Швейцари нарс
Norwegian Bokmål
Sembrafuru, Cembrafuru
Norwegian Nynorsk
Sembrafuru, Cembra, Cembrafore, Cembrafuru, Sembrafore
Persian
کاج سوئیسی
Polish
Sosna limba, Limba, Kosolimba
Romanian
Zâmbru
Romansh
Schember, Dschember
Russian
Европейский кедр, Европейская кедровая сосна, Кедр европейский, Сосна европейская, Сосна кедровая, Сосна кедровая европейская
Slovak
Borovica limbová, Limba
Slovenian
Cemprin, Limba, Švicarski bor
Spanish
Cembro, Pino cembra, Pino cembro
Swedish
Cembratall, Sibiriskt cederträd
Turkish
İsviçre fıstık çamı
udm
Европаысь кедр
Ukrainian
Сосна кедрова європейська, Кедр європейський, Сосна кедрова, Сосна європейська
vec
Firm
Vietnamese
Thông Thụy Sĩ
Walloon
Sapén alpin

Synonyms

  • Apinus cembra (L.) Neck. ex Rydb.
  • Apinus cembra (L.) Neck.
  • Cembra montana Opiz
  • Pinea cembra (L.) Opiz
  • Pinus cembra f. columnaris Rehder
  • Pinus cembra subsp. cembra
  • Pinus cembra var. pendula J.Nelson
  • Pinus humistrata Carrière
  • Pinus montana Lam.
  • Pinus montana Salisb.
  • Strobus cembra (L.) Moldenke

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial

Photos

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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.