Taxon:  Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl.



Summary
Genus:
Juniperus
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:
20854
Place of publication:
Syn. conif. 26.  1847
Verified:
07/11/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Adams, R. P. 1999. Systematics of the multi-seeded eastern hemisphere Juniperus based on leaf essential oils and RAPD DNA fingerprinting. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 27:709-725.
  2. Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2
  3. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
  4. Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  9. Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996-. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:97.
  12. Teketay, D. 1993. Problems associated with raising trees from seeds. the Ethiopian experience. In: Lieth, H & M. Lohmann, eds., Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 95. Note: Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht.
  13. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican juniper  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
EnglishAfrican pencil-cedar  1Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
EnglishEast African juniper  1Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:97.
EnglishEast African-cedar  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishKenya-cedar  1Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Portuguese (Brazil)junípero  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Transliterated Arabicarar  2Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
Transliterated Arabic (Ethiopia)birbirssa  2Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
Transliterated Arabic (Ethiopia)tedh  2Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
Transliterated Arabic (Somalia)deyib  2Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaDjibouti  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo e.Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo (e.), Congo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2
  2. Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
  3. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  4. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Materialsessential oils Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 348-349.
Materialswood Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=20854. Accessed 15 April 2026.