Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Juniperus oxycedrus L. subsp. oxycedrus
Family : CUPRESSACEAE
Genus : Juniperus
Catalan common name : Càdec. Ginebre. Ginebró.
Spanish common name : Cada. Enebro.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Cabrera. Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean
Flowering time : April. May.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Holm oak forest and garriques.
Uses and properties : Edible or foodstuffs. Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal. Tòxica.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : The juniper is frequently found in the pineries of Mallorca and Eivissa, although in Menorca its presence is very rare. It has needle-like leaves, whorls in groups of three, with two white lines on the obverse side. Young branches are normally hanging, giving the plant a ?tousled? appearance. If you peel away at the berries, you can smell the characteristic aroma of the juniper tree.
Observations : El terme oxycedrus fa referència a un ginebró de fulles punxents.
Origen : Regió mediterrànea
Location on-campus UIB : Puntual a un lateral de l'edifici Arxiduc Lluís Salvador.
