Cedrus libani is a species of cedar native to the mountains of the Mediterranean region.

There are two distinct types of Cedrus libani that are considered to be different subspecies or varieties:

Cedrus libani is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in diameter. The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.

The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and short shoots. The leaves are needle-like, spaced out on the long shoots, and in clusters of 15-45 on the short shoots; they are 5–30 mm (¹⁄₄–1 ³⁄₁₆ in) in length, quadrangular in cross-section, and vary from green to glaucous blue-green with stomatal bands on all four sides. The seed cones are produced often every second year, and mature in 12 months from pollination; mature cones in late autumn are 8–12 cm (3–4 ³⁄₄ in) long and 4–6 cm (1 ¹⁄₂–2 ³⁄₈ in) wide.

Cedrus libani was first classified by the French botanist Achille Richard. There are two distinct types that are considered either as subspecies or varieties: