Editing Cedrus libani (section)

===Cones===
''Cedrus libani'' produces cones beginning at around the age of 20–40. Its cones are borne in autumn, the male cones appear in early September and the female ones in late September.<ref name="CABI">CABI 2013, p. 116</ref><ref name=":6"/> Male cones occur at the ends of the short shoots; they are solitary and erect about {{Convert|4|to|5|cm|abbr=on}} long and mature from pale green to pale yellow-brown. The female seed cones also grow at the terminal ends of short shoots. The young seed cones are resinous, [[Sessility (botany)|sessile]], and pale green; they require 12 months after pollination to mature. The mature, woody cones are {{Convert|8|to|12|cm|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|3|to|6|cm|abbr=on}} wide; they are scaly, resinous, ovoid or barrel-shaped, and green ripening to grey-brown the autumn after pollination. Mature cones open from top to bottom, they disintegrate and lose their seed scales, releasing the seeds until only the cone [[rachis]] remains attached to the branches.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":6"/><ref name="CABI"/><ref name=":01">Farjon 2010, p. 259</ref>

The seed scales are thin, broad, and [[coriaceous]], measuring {{Convert|3.5|to|4|cm|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|3|to|3.5|cm|abbr=on}} wide. The seeds are ovoid, {{Convert|10|to|14|mm|lk=|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|4|to|6|mm|abbr=on}} wide, attached to a light brown wedge-shaped wing that is {{Convert|20|to|30|mm|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|15|to|18|mm|abbr=on}} wide.<ref name=":01"/> ''C. libani'' grows rapidly until the age of 45 to 50 years; growth becomes extremely slow after the age of 70.<ref name="CABI"/>