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Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Spanish name

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Trade name

Cupressus lusitanica Mill.

Cupressaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Honduras) int South America (general), MW C and E Eurasia (Spain, Italy, UK, France, Portugal, China, Asia), MC ME SC Africa (Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa) and NE Oceania

SC SE

sci hyg mes acid->neut

cl (potential) dr fw (fuel) pl (quickset edge, hedging) pp (longfibre pulp) sa (shade and shelter, windbreaks) ti (boxes, building poles, cabinet work, carpentry, decorative construction of wagons of train, decorative paneling, fence posts, flooring, furniture, heavy construction, interior and exterior construction, joinery, piling, plywood, railroad ties, roots, roofing tiles, poles, turned work, windows)

Cupressus benthamii var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Mast. Cupressus coulteri Forbes Cupressus excelsa Scott Cupressus glauca Lam. Cupressus karwinskiana Regel Cupressus lindleyi Klotzsch ex Endl. Cupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Carrière Cupressus pendula L'Hér. Cupressus sinensis Hort

Mexican cypress; cedar of Goa, Kenya cypress, Portuguese cedar, Portuguese cypress

cyprès du Mexique; cyprès (Haiti); cyprès de Bentham, cyprès de Busaco; cyprès de Goa (Maroc); cyprès de Mexico (Haiti); cyprès de Mexique, cyprès du Portugal

cedro, cedro blanco, cedro de busaco; cedro-de-Goa (Spain); ciprés (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala); ciprés de México; ciprés mexicano (Puerto Rico); pino (Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela); pino ciprés (Colombia); táscate, tlascal

Blaugrüne Zypresse (german); cedro-do-Buçaco; chinchac (Guatemala); cipresso del Portogallo, cipresso messicano (italian); falso-cedro-do-Buçaco; ksis (Guatemala); Mexikanische Zypresse (german); paxaque, quisís, tsicap, tzis (Guatemala)

Mexican cypress

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Latin name	Cupressus lusitanica Mill.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Honduras) int South America (general), MW C and E Eurasia (Spain, Italy, UK, France, Portugal, China, Asia), MC ME SC Africa (Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa) and NE Oceania
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg mes acid->neut
Use	cl (potential) dr fw (fuel) pl (quickset edge, hedging) pp (longfibre pulp) sa (shade and shelter, windbreaks) ti (boxes, building poles, cabinet work, carpentry, decorative construction of wagons of train, decorative paneling, fence posts, flooring, furniture, heavy construction, interior and exterior construction, joinery, piling, plywood, railroad ties, roots, roofing tiles, poles, turned work, windows)
Synonym	Cupressus benthamii var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Mast. Cupressus coulteri Forbes Cupressus excelsa Scott Cupressus glauca Lam. Cupressus karwinskiana Regel Cupressus lindleyi Klotzsch ex Endl. Cupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Carrière Cupressus pendula L'Hér. Cupressus sinensis Hort
English name	Mexican cypress; cedar of Goa, Kenya cypress, Portuguese cedar, Portuguese cypress
French name	cyprès du Mexique; cyprès (Haiti); cyprès de Bentham, cyprès de Busaco; cyprès de Goa (Maroc); cyprès de Mexico (Haiti); cyprès de Mexique, cyprès du Portugal
Spanish name	cedro, cedro blanco, cedro de busaco; cedro-de-Goa (Spain); ciprés (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala); ciprés de México; ciprés mexicano (Puerto Rico); pino (Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela); pino ciprés (Colombia); táscate, tlascal
Other name	Blaugrüne Zypresse (german); cedro-do-Buçaco; chinchac (Guatemala); cipresso del Portogallo, cipresso messicano (italian); falso-cedro-do-Buçaco; ksis (Guatemala); Mexikanische Zypresse (german); paxaque, quisís, tsicap, tzis (Guatemala)
Trade name	Mexican cypress