Monoecious . Shrub or small tree ; up to 10 m with reddish brown bark . Stems and branches short , loosely arranged , usually sharply directed upwards . Leaves in flat sprays , fleshy , opposite , broadly ovate , distinctly grooved on the back , scale-like , pale green . Fruit female cones of pink-salmon color , oval , glaucous ; scales 6-8 flattened , thick , with a strongly hooked boss near the apex . Seeds 4–6 mm long , with no wing . (Miller & Cope ; 1996) .
No Data
Near Threatened (NT) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Biota aurea (Carrière) K.Koch
Biota zuccarinii Siebold ex Carrière
Chamaecyparis decussata Carrière
Cupressus thuya O.Targ.Tozz.
Platycladus orientalis subsp. chengii (Bordères & Gaussen) Silba
Platycladus orientalis f. pendula Q.Q.Liu & H.Y.Ye
Retinispora decurvata Carrière
Retinispora ericoides Zucc. ex Gordon
Retinispora rigida Carrière
Thuja acuta Moench
Thuja orientalis L.
Thuja zuccariniana Voss
Widdringtonia glauca (Carrière) Carrière
No Data
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Chinese Arbor-vitae
Chinese thuja
Oriental arborvitae
Chinese arborvitae
Biota
OOriental thuja
Not used traditionally.
Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. https://en.wikipedia.org POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
