Meksikonsypressi – Cupressus lusitanica

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Growing form

Evergreen tree with a dense cone-shaped crown

Size

Up to 40 m

Stem

Thick, red-brown bark with longitudinal fissures

Leaf

Scale-like, dark green/yellow-green. 

Flower

The flowers are cones, with female and male cones borne separately on the same tree. Male cones are around 0.3 cm in diameter and greenish-yellow. Female cones are larger, 1.5 cm, in diameter and whitish-green.

Fruit and seed

Cone, brown when mature. 
Source: Pinkka e-learning: A Plants of Taita Hills - Exotic trees and shrubs CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Cupressus lusitanica
Author
Mill.
Vernacular names
  • meksikonsypressi (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5009833
Taxon rank
Expert
  • Jouko Rikkinen
Informal groups
  • MVL.343
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