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Medium to large tree. Trunk ridged or somewhat buttressed towards base. Bark reddish brown, peeling in long strips. Crown dense. Juvenile lvs 0.8-1.8-(2.2) cm long, subulate, often red in winter. Adult lvs (from coning branches) 5-15 mm long (excluding adnate, decurrent base), subulate with broad base, directed forwards, shining green; apex acute. ♂ strobili densely clustered at apices of small shoots, 2.5-5 mm long. ♀ cones 1-1.7 cm diam. when open. Bract scale apex pungent. Ovuliferous scales with c. 6 spiny processes 2-3 mm long. Seed 4-5 mm long.
A narrow cone shaped tree. It grows 27 m tall and spreads 6 m wide. The trunk is straight and it has small buttresses at the base. The bark is reddish-brown and fibrous. The branches are in tiers but they hand down at the tip. The adult leaves are dense and in spirals pointing forward. The male cones produce pollen. The female seed-bearing cones are further along the branches. There are several cultivated varieties.
