Himalayan Cedar (Deodara cedar) is a type of cedar tree, specific to the western Himalayas. It is an evergreen coniferous tree, which reaches to 45 m height and has up to 3 m stem diameter. Its crown is conical in the first years of growth, becoming increasingly branched as it ages. Branches grow horizontally.

Himalayan Cedar has a cone-like crown, as it grows it takes the shape of thick, upward-directed branches. Some of the side branches are located almost horizontally. The bark of this species is thick and gray. Young twigs are glabrous or hairy. These qualities The cedar they rank it top 10 of the most interesting park trees.

The wood is resin-free and has many valuable qualities. The sarcophagus of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made of Himalayan Cedar wood.

Cedar leaves are long approx 4 cm, dark green and very spiny. A cross section of the needles shows that they are four-edged. Cones have a very interesting shape, they look like small barrels about 10 cm and width approx 6 cm.

The color on the cones it is brown. It is characteristic of the cones of this species, that they are on the upper side of a twig, located singly, pointing upwards and the cones mature over three years.