Tetraclinis (also called arar araar or Sictus tree) is a genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae containing only one species Tetraclinis articulata also known as Thuja articulata sandarac sandarac tree or Barbary thuja endemic to the western Mediterranean region. It is native to northwestern Africa in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco Algeria and Tunisia with two small outlying populations on Malta and near Cartagena in southeast Spain.
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