Cedar Incense
Cedar incense and Cedar incense sticks are known for their unique fragrance and qualities and are made from the wood of Cedar tree. Due to its unique and pleasant fragrance Cedar incense and Cedar incense sticks are very popular across the world. Cedar is a type of coniferous tree, which grows abundantly at high altitudes of about 1000 to 3000 meters in the Himalayan and Mediterranean regions. Cedar trees can grow upto 60 meters tall and have redolent spicy-resinous wood, thick ridged or square-cracked bark, and broad, level branches. The shoots exist in two different forms; the ones which form the structure of the branches and the short ones which carry the leaves. The needle like evergreen leaves, which may be 8 to 60 mm long are set up in a open spiral phyllotaxis on long shoots and in thick spiral clumps of 15 to 45 on short shoots. The color of the leaves may vary from bright grass green to dark green or even a pale bluish green based on the thickness of the wax layer that guard the leaves from dehydration.
These trees usually live for a long time because their moist habitat eliminates any possibility of fire hazards and their wood is highly disease and insect resistant owing to the redolent spicy smell.
Types of Cedar
There are four types of cedar trees based on biological taxonomy which are used to make incense, incense sticks and other incense products. And each kind of these incense have unique fragrance and qualities:
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) : More commonly known as Himalayan cedar, these type of cedar exhibit a pyramid shape with dense, soft-textured branches in a tiered, pendulum-like form. Occurring at high altitudes of even 3200 meters, Deodar cedar is native to the western Himalayas in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, north-central India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kashmir), southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal.
Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani) : Lebanon cedar is found in the mountains of the Mediterranean region, from Turkey and Lebanon upto Morocco. They have thick trunks and bright green leaves that exhibit a irregular pyramid like structure. There are two distinct types of Lebanon cedars : Lebanon Cedar and Turkish Cedar.
Cyprus Cedar : It is native to the Troodos Mountains of central Cyprus.
Atlas Cedar : Atlas Cedars exhibit a wide pyramid like structure and are found only in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria (Tell Atlas) and Morocco. These cedars grow well in temperate climate and so is more tolerant to dry and hot conditions than most conifers. They widely cultivated as ornamental trees.
Biological Profile 
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Pinophyta
- Class: Pinopsida
- Order: Pinales
- Family: Pinaceae
- Genus: Cedrus
Uses of Cedar
- Cedars were initially used by Native Americans in building canoes and other types of boats.
- Popularly used as ornamental trees.
- Cedar oil is used to make incense, incense sticks, dhoop sticks and perfumes.
- It is very popular with wood working enthusiastic as it durable, easy-to-carve wood and a pleasant scent.
- Cedar wood and cedar oil are natural moth repellents and hence is a popular choice for making chests and closets.
- Cedar leaves are used to prepare herbal medicines against the treatment of stomach troubles.
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