Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus squamata D.Don [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chalai	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
dhupi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
flaky juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gao shan bai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
himalayan juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nepalese juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
padma chunder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
phar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
scaly-leaf nepal juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shug pa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shuk pa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
single-seed juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yathur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ཤུག་པ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
高山柏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Young twigs, Berries		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sabina squamata (D.Don) Antoine Cupress.-Gatt.: 66 (1857).
Sabina squamata var. fargesii (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) L.K.Fu & Y.F.Yu in L.K.Fu & T.Hong (eds.), Higher Pl. China 3: 86 (2000).
Juniperus baimashanensis Y.F.Yu & L.K.Fu Novon 7: 443 (1997 publ. 1998).
Juniperus densa (Carrière) Gordon Pinetum, Suppl.: 32 (1862).
Juniperus fargesii (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 5: 30 (1924).
Juniperus franchetiana H.Lév. ex Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 5: 30 (1924).
Juniperus kansuensis Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 5: 31 (1924).
Juniperus lemeeana H.Lév. & Blin. in A.A.H.Léveillé, Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 111 (1914).
Juniperus pingii subsp. baimashanensis (Y.F.Yu & L.K.Fu) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 13(1): 13 (2006).
Juniperus recurva var. densa Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 27 (1855).
Juniperus recurva var. squamata (D.Don) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 482 (1868).
Juniperus squamata var. fargesii Rehder & E.H.Wilson in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 59 (1914).
Juniperus squamata subsp. fargesii (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 13(1): 16 (2006).
Juniperus squamata var. hongxiensis Y.F.Yu & L.K.Fu Novon 7: 444 (1997 publ. 1998).
Juniperus squamata var. meyeri Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 207 (1922).
Juniperus squamata var. parvifolia Y.F.Yu & L.K.Fu Novon 7: 444 (1997 publ. 1998).
Juniperus squamata f. prostrata (Hornibr.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 58 (1949).
Juniperus squamata var. prostrata Hornibr. Dwarf Conifers: 77 (1923).
Sabina kansuensis Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 5: 31 (1924).
Sabina recurva var. densa (Carrière) Antoine Cupress.-Gatt.: 67 (1857).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Juniperus squamata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Sabina squamata (Buch. Ham.) Ant.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sabina squamata (Buch.-Hlam.) Ant. var. fargesii (Rehd. & Wils.) Cheng f. & L.K.Fu	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sabina squamata (Bueh.-Ham.) Ant.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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