Juniperus rigida

Flower name
Juniperus rigida
Scientific name
Juniperus rigida
Aliasネズミサシ, モロノキ, nezu
Place of originChina, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and Russia
Place of floweringGarden, Low mountains, Sub-alpine, Cemetery & Temple, Bonsai
Flowering seasonMarch, April

What is Juniperus rigida

Juniperus rigida temple juniper、needle juniper, or nezu (scientific name: Juniperus rigida), native to China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and Russia, is an evergreen needle-leaved shrub in the genus Juniperus of the family Cupressaceae. The leaves are needle-like with pointed tips that are painful to touch. The leaves are arranged in a ring with three leaflets per leaf and a white stomatal band on the leaf surface. It is dioecious and flowers in spring. Male flowers are produced at the base of each leaf in two pale yellow, pinecone-like inflorescences. Female flowers are reddish brown at the tips of branches.

Common name: Juniperus rigida, scientific name: Juniperus rigida, height: 6-10 m, trunk width: 50 cm, leaf shape: needle-like, leaf color Green to yellowish-green, inflorescence: cymes, leaf blade: 1 to 2.5 cm, leaf width: 1 cm, dioecious, flowering season: March to April, fruit color: white-green to dark purple (the following fall), fruit type: spherical, uses: garden tree, hedge, bonsai, temple tree, spherical fruit is the herbal medicine "Tosho".