Pyramidal evergreen tree with needle leaves and rounded cones. The wood is hard and strongly aromatic due to its high essential oil content. Although native to the Atlas Mountains in Algeria, most of the essential oil production now takes place in Morocco.

Aphrodisiac, warming, tonic, uplifting, elevating, grounding, opening, comforting, reviving, antiseptic, fungicidal, antidandruff, harmonising.