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Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir Abies cilicica
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Detailed Listing For
Botanical Name:
Abies cilicica
Common Name:
Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir
Germination Test Type:
Cut
Collection Locale:
Turkey
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
5
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In Stock: 2.26 lb
Prices
Sample Bulk Pricing
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More Details Information
Characteristics
Christmas Tree
Evergreen
Medicinal
Moist Soil
Screen/Windbreak
Drought Tolerant
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Growing Info:
Scarification:
Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification:
cold stratify for 30 days
Germination:
seed may start to germinate in cold strat., sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
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Abies cilicica, or Cilicia Fir, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica, the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea, archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin from the Syrian fir tree (Abies cilicica), one weighting about 190 g and the other about 339 g, recovered from 1st-century AD contexts in one of the harbor trenches. Produced in areas of greater Syria and Asia Minor, this resin and its oil derivative were used in mummification, as an antiseptic, a diuretic, to treat wrinkles, extract worms and promote hair growth."
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