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Tetraclinis articulata (Sandarac; Arar tree)

Synonyms: Thuja articulata
Language: Ara; Fre; Ger; Ita; Spa; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Tetraclinis (also called arar, araar or Sictus tree) is a genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Tetraclinis articulata, also known as Thuja articulata,, sandarac, sandarac tree or Barbary thuja, endemic to the western Mediterranean region. It is native to northwestern Africa in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, with two small outlying populations on Malta, and near Cartagena in southeast Spain.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Il-Maqluba (l/o Qrendi) 6 Malta  
Is-Simar (l/o San Pawl il-Bahar) 144 Malta  
Kemmuna, Kemmunett, il-Hagriet ta' Bejn il-Kmiemen u l-Iskoll ta' Taht il-Mazz 728 Malta  
Wied il-Mizieb 61 Malta  

Emblem of

Malta

Predators

Aonidia mediterranea[3]
Carulaspis atlantica[3]
Carulaspis minima (bermuda cedar scale)[3]
Lepidosaphes juniperi (juniper oystershell scale)[3]
Lineaspis striata (cypress snow scale)[3]
Pseudococcyx tessulatana[4]

Distribution

N Algeria, Malta, Morocco, S Spain, N Tunisia, NE Libya (?); in Malta and Spain only tiny relict populations remain. Such relict trees are also reported from 'Cyrenaika' = Jabal al Akhdar in NE Libya but I have seen no other accounts of this nor herbarium specimens to substantiate this. TDWG: 12 SPA-SP 13 SIC-MA 20 ALG MOR-MO TUN; N Algeria, Malta, Morocco, S Spain, N Tunisia, NE Libya (?); in Malta and Spain only tiny relict populations remain. Such relict trees are also reported from 'Cyrenaika' = Jabal al Akhdar in NE Libya but I have seen no other accounts of this nor herbarium specimens to substantiate this.. TDWG: 12 SPA-SP 13 SIC-MA 20 ALG MOR-MO TUN;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Farjon A., Jul-2011, Conifer Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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