Appearance
It is a large evergreen coniferous tree reaching 40–50 metres tall, exceptionally 60 m with a trunk up to 3 m in diameter. It has a conic crown with level branches and drooping branchlets.The leaves are needle-like, mostly 2.5–5 centimetres long, occasionally up to 7 cm long, slender, borne singly on long shoots, and in dense clusters of 20–30 on short shoots; they vary from bright green to glaucous blue-green in colour. The female cones are barrel-shaped, 7–13 cm long and 5–9 cm broad, and disintegrate when mature to release the winged seeds. The male cones are 4–6 cm long, and shed their pollen in autumn.
Naming
The botanical name, which is also the English common name, is derived from the Sanskrit term "devadāru", which means "wood of the gods", a compound of "deva" "god" and "dāru" "wood and tree".Distribution
The species natively occurs in East-Afghanistan, South Western Tibet, Western Nepal, Northern Pakistan, and North-Central India.Habitat
It grows at altitudes of 1,500–3,200 m.Reproduction
“Deodar is a wind-pollinated monoecious species”.References:
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