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Cedrus deodara

Common Name - Deodar Cedar

Scientific Name - Cedrus deodara

Clade - Tracheobionta (Vascular), Gymnosperm, Seed Producing; Spermatophyta (Seed), Coniferophyta, Pinopsida, Pinales, Pinaceae

Date Collected - 4/3/12

Location Collected - South Side of Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, Between the Hawaiian and Australian Plants

Habitat - Lives in a dry environment. The soil around the plant is light and not moist. There weren't any plants growing around the tree. The origins of Deodar comes from the Himalayas( 27.9881° N, 86.9253° E), which also tells why the Deodar likes to live in environments where there's little competition and not wet/not dry soils.

Special Notes - Deodar Cedar is an evergreen Tree that grows up to 108 ft. Deodar also has some medicinal use, which has been used in curing fevers, flatulence, pulmonary, and urinary disorders, rheumatism, piles, kidney stone, insomnia, and diabetes. It also has been used as a potent to cure snake bikes.

Resources --

www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cedrus+deodara

plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CEDE2

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Uploaded on April 4, 2012
Taken on April 3, 2012