WorldFloraDB - Juniperus procera

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 35 m high. The bark is thin and fibrous. The leaves are like needles and spread when young. They become like scales when mature. The male cones are oval and 3 mm long. The female cones are 6 mm across. These are swollen to give the appearance of a blue-black berry-like fruit.

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Leaves on young plants in threes, subulate, spine-tipped, with an elongate gland abaxially; mature foliage of decussate scale-like leaves, varying in size as the individual ages down to 1 mm. long, abaxial gland elliptic.

Ripe fruit c. 6 mm. in diam., globose, blue-black, with the tips of the scales just distinguishable.

Male cones c. 3 mm. long, elliptic; scales c. 10, each bearing 2–3 pollen-sacs.

Mature seeds 5 mm. long, 1 or 2, brown; aborted seeds 1–3, smaller.<div>

Straight evergreen trees up to 40 m. tall; bark papery, reddish-brown.

Female strobili of 6–8 scales.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	dioecy
Pollination	anemogamy
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	35.0
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	1.5
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Mountain slopes, summits, on escarpments and outcrops and in forested ravines in sand, loam or clay soils over various rock types at elevations from 1,370-3,000 metres.

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Mountain slopes, summits, on escarpments and outcrops and in forested ravines in sand, loam or clay soils over various rock types at elevations from 1,370-3,000 metres.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry areas. In Malawi it grows between 2,100-2,250 m altitude.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

Uses	charcoal environmental use essential oil food fuel material medicinal timber wood
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	Intestinal diseases, parasitic (stem)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°)	7 - 10
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	18 - 30
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-