Juniperus procera

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Juniperus procera

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order:
Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Juniperus
Section:
Juniperus sect. Sabina
Species:
J. procera
Binomial name
Juniperus procera
Endl.[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Juniperus abyssinica K.Koch
  • J. hochstetteri Antoine
  • Sabina procera (Hochst. ex Endl.) Antoine

Juniperus procera (known by the common English names African juniper, African pencil-cedar, East African juniper, East African-cedar, and Kenya-cedar)[4] is a coniferous tree native to mountainous areas in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is a characteristic tree of the Afromontane flora.

Description

Juniperus procera is a medium-sized

dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some individual plants produce both sexes. The cones are berry-like, 4–8 mm in diameter, blue-black with a whitish waxy bloom, and contain 2–5 seeds; they mature in 12–18 months. The male cones are 3–5 mm long, and shed their pollen in early spring.[5]

Distribution

Juniperus procera is native to the Arabian Peninsula (in Saudi Arabia and Yemen), and northeastern, eastern, west-central, and south tropical Africa (in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe).[4]

It is the only juniper to occur south of the equator, and is thought to be a relatively recent colonist of Africa; the species shows very little of the variability associated with a long period of evolution.[6] It is closely related to Juniperus excelsa from southwestern Asia, probably deriving from a common ancestor with that species in southwestern Asia.[citation needed]

Taxonomy

According to Tropicos, Juniperus procera was originally described and published in Synopsis Coniferarum 1847. The

Wilhelm Philipp Schimper, but there were other contemporary collectors with this surname).[2][7]

Uses

It is an important timber tree, used for building houses, poles, and furniture. The bark is used for beehives.[8]

  • East African juniper, northern Tanzania
    East African juniper, northern Tanzania
  • East African juniper, northern Tanzania
    East African juniper, northern Tanzania
  • East African juniper, northern Tanzania
    East African juniper, northern Tanzania
  • East African juniper, used as termite resistant fence stakes
    East African juniper, used as termite resistant fence stakes

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T33217A2835242.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^
    Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden
    . Retrieved March 1, 2013. Type-Protologue: Locality: ETHIOPIA: Semen, Adda Mariam near Enschedcap: Collector: Schimper
  3. ^ "TPL, treatment of Juniperus procera". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Juniperus procera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  5. ^ (Page archived by the Wayback Machine). Christopher J. Earle (April 14, 2009). "The Gymnosperm Database – Juniperus procera". Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ISBN 1-84246-068-4
    .
  7. ^ Original description by Stephano Endlicher (1847). "Synopsis Coniferarum" (in Latin). Sangalli [together with] Scheitlin & Zollikofer. p. 26. Retrieved March 1, 2013. Schimper Herb. Abyssin. II. n. 537
  8. ^ "Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

Further reading

  • Adams, R. P. (2004). Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus. Victoria: Trafford.
    ISBN 1-4120-4250-X

External links
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