Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus virginiana L. [Cupressaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
blyerts-en	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bois de cèdre, virginie	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cacumina	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cedar	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cedarwood, virginia	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cèdre rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
genévrier de virginie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ginepro della virginia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
juniperus virginiana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
juniperus virginiana whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
potloodseder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
red cedar	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
red cedar wood	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
red juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
red-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
rooiseder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
savin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
virginia juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
virjinya ardici	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
yeonpilhyangnamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)

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	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) 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) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Juniperus virginiana Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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