39. Cupressus torulosa D. Don CUPRESSACEAE
Twisted cypress
When Hugh Cleghorn was surveying the timber resources of the Western Himalaya in the early 1860s, he noted that this species had useful wood, but was uncommon. Confusingly, this species was also known to the locals there as ‘deodar’. Its native distribution is from Kashmir to Central Nepal. These two specimens, which show the columnar growth form typical of the species, are grown from seed collected in Nepal by Tony Schilling.
Lithograph of Cupressus torulosa from Lawson’s Pinetum Britannicum
RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet
Accession Number:19832247
Scientific Name:Cupressus torulosa D.Don
Family:Cupressaceae
Genus:Cupressus
Epithet:torulosa
Collector:Schilling, Anthony D.
Year:1983
Origin:Nepal:Central Nepal:South of Marpha, Kali Gandaki Valley
Elevation:2,667m
Plant:19832247D
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19832247E
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19832247B
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/N01/ZD090
Plant:19832247A
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19832247C
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19832247F
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19832247H
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/N01/ZI099
Plant:19832247G
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/H07/ZZZY10
