Cedar of Goa (Hesperocyparis lusitanica) - part 1 @Dlium
Cedar of Goa (Hesperocyparis lusitanica) - part 1  @Dlium
Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=ZV72pwescnQ
#Dlium Cedar of Goa or Cupressus lusitanica (Hesperocyparis lusitanica) is a species of plant in the Cupressaceae, a coniferous tree, evergreen, crown conical to ovoid, upright, straight, branched, up to 40 meters high, leaves grow radially and are dark green to greenish yellow in color .

H. lusitanica has round to oval fruit, up to 2 cm wide, with 4-10 scales, initially green, matures brown or brownish gray about 25 months after pollination.

The fruit opens at maturity to release seeds or remains closed for several years, only opening after the parent tree dies in a forest fire, so that the seeds can colonize bare ground affected by the fire. Male fruit releases pollen.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Cupressoideae
Genus: Hesperocyparis
Species: Hesperocyparis lusitanica

Publications:

Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cupressus lusitanica.]

Chinese (Simplified): 墨西哥柏木
Chinese (Traditional): 墨西哥柏木
English: Cedar of Goa, Goa cedar, Mexican cypress, Mexican cedar
Indonesian: Cemara Tukung, Bintami
Japanese: メキシコイトスギ
Javanese: Bintami
Thai: ซีดาร์แห่งกัว
Vietnamese: Cây tuyết tùng của Goa

Learn more: dlium.com/2024/07/cedar-of-goa-hesperocyparis-lusitanica.html

Location: Batur, Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.

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