Wildlife & Flora
Drooping Juniper
Drooping Juniper (Juniperus flaccida) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Dingboche, Pheriche, Thukla.
- Scientific name
- Juniperus flaccida
- Local name
- Dhupee
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
These shrubs thrive in areas which other trees find too cold and dry. You are certainly well acquainted with how they smell as its leaves are burnt in houses and monasteries as incense. Essential oils extracted from its fruits are used in kidney problems and skin diseases.
