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Family: Cupressaceae	Genus: Cupressus	Species: Cupressus torulosa D.Don

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cupressus torulosa D. Don ex Lamb., Cupressus torulosa var.cashmeriana (Royle ex Carrière) A.H.Kent, Cupressus torulosa var. gigantea (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) Farjon	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Himalayan Cypress, Bhutan Cypress	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Himalayan Cypress, Bhutan Cypress	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name		Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	1800-3300 m.	Fruit Type	Follicle
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Seeds are 6-8 to each scale, red-brown.
Habitat	Dry inner valleys and semi-arid high mountain environments	Bark Type	Exfoliating
Distribution	Found in the Himalayas, from Himachal Pradesh to Central Nepal	Bark Details	Bark is thick, grey brown or brown, peeling off in longitudinal strips.
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Needle-like
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Lence shaped
Description of Species	Evergreen tree up to 25 m tall. Crown is large oval to broadly conical. Bark is thick, grey brown or brown, peeling off in longitudinal strips. Branches are slender, drooping, with thin, whip-like tips. Branchlets are cylindrical, nearly quadrangular, branching in whorls. Shoots lie in a single plane. Leaves are scale-like, closely pressed along the shoots, blunt, dark green. Male cones are nearly spherical, 5-6 mm across. Female cones are spherical or elliptic, grouped on very short stalks, 1-2 cm across, hanging at the end of shoots, bluish when young, later turning dark brown, composed of 6-8 scales, with a small central depression. Seeds are 6-8 to each scale, red-brown. Wood is pale yellow with pale brown heartwood, hard and durable.	Leaf Details	Leaves are scale-like, closely pressed along the shoots, blunt, dark green.

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