Cedrus deodara(Roxb. ex D.Don) G.Don

Deodar CedarDeodar cedarHimalayan Cedar

WFO wfo-0000592532 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cedrus deodara, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. a Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-07 / obs. 149908841
Cedrus deodara, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. b Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124618609
Cedrus deodara, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. c Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 126331830
Cedrus deodara, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. d Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 124016879
Cedrus deodara, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. e Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 114062009
Cedrus deodara, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. f Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112636851
Cedrus deodara, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. g Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 88267097
Cedrus deodara, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. h Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67425205

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Cedrus deodara is native: Afghanistan, Tibet, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya AfghanistanTibetIndiaNepalPakistanWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Cedrus deodara, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Abies deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) Lindl.
  • Cedrus deodara f. argentea (J.Nelson) Beissn.
  • Cedrus deodara f. aurea (J.Nelson) Rehder
  • Cedrus deodara f. pendula Beissn.
  • Cedrus deodara f. robusta (C.Lawson) Beissn.
  • Cedrus deodara var. argentea J.Nelson
  • Cedrus deodara var. aurea J.Nelson
  • Cedrus deodara var. compacta Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. fastigiata Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. flava Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. tristis Carrière
  • Cedrus deodara var. variegata Carrière
  • Cedrus indica Chambray
  • Cedrus libani subsp. deodora (Roxb. ex D.Don) P.D.Sell
  • Cedrus libani var. deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) Hook.f.
  • Larix deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) K.Koch
  • Pinus deodara Roxb. ex D.Don
  • Pinus deodara Roxb.
  • Pinus deodara var. robusta C.Lawson

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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