“Nikaj-Mertur” Regional Nature Park (Juniperus communis)

Juniperus communis is wood or shrub with evergreen coniferous leaves, making small grains of black or reddish, good odor. It is used in the pharmaceutical industry as well, and the local community produce raki, a kind of drink called hardhiç, etc. Nikaj-Mërtur is a region of Northern Albania, rich in this flora, whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name. The region of Nikaj-Mërtur is located in the south-east of the Albanian Alps, bordering Dukagjin highlands within Tropojë District. It is a southern extension of the Malesia of Gjakova .