Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus virginiana L. [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana

Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola (Small) A.E.Murray

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bei mei yuan bai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blyerts-en	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bois de cèdre, virginie	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cedar	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
cedarwood, virginia	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cèdre rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eastern red cedar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eastern red-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
genévrier de virginie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginepro della virginia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
juniperus virginiana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
oil of cedarwood, virginian	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
pencil cedar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pencil-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
potloodseder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red cedar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
red juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rooiseder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
savin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virginia juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virginia red cedar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
virginian pencil cedar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virginischer wacholder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yeonpilhyangnamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
wood	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Juniperus foetida var. virginiana (L.) Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 16: 298 (1841).
Sabina virginiana (L.) Antoine Cupress.-Gatt.: 61 (1857).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juniperus virginiana	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Juniperus virginiana L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Juniperus virginiana Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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