Plant Details

Accepted name:

Juniperus communis L. [Cupressaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

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Infraspecies:

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Juniperus communis var. charlottensis R.P.Adams

Juniperus communis var. communis

Juniperus communis var. depressa Pursh

Juniperus communis var. hemisphaerica (J.Presl & C.Presl) Parl.

Juniperus communis var. kelleyi R.P.Adams

Juniperus communis var. megistocarpa Fernald & H.St.John

Juniperus communis var. nipponica (Maxim.) E.H.Wilson

Juniperus communis var. saxatilis Pall.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaraar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aarar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
abahal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
abhal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
abhal(aarar)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aparajita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ardıç yaprağı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
ashvathaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baccae juniperi	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bither	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
borievka	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
boróka	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
brinje	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
common juniper	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dhmankshanashini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dwarf juniper	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
einer	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
einir	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
en	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
enebro	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
enebro común	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
enebær	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
fructus juniperi	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
gemeine wacholder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
genièvre	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
genièvre (huile essentielle de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
genièvre commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
geniévrier	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
genévrier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
genévrier commun	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
gewöhnlicher wacholder	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginebre	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
ginepro	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
ginepro comune	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gogar	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
ground juniper	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guggal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
génévrier	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
habb-ul-aaraar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habb-ul-arar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
habbul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
habbul-aaraar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hackmatack	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hapusa	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hapusha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hapuṣā (fruit)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hauber	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
haubera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havubair	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
havuber	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
havulber	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
havusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havuṣā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hayusha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
heide-wacholder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
horse savin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hosh	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hosha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ienupăr	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
iuniperi aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
iuniperi pseudo-fructus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
jalovec	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
jałowiec	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
jeneverbes (vluchtige olie)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
jhora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
juniper	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
juniper (essential oil)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
juniper berries	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
juniper berry	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008) ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
juniper oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
juniper, common	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
juniperi aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
juniperi fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
juniperi galbulus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
juniperi pseudo-fructus	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008)
junipero	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
juniperus communis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
junípero	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
junípero, fruto	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
kachhughna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadagys	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
kadakas	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
kadiķis	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
kaphaghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapotapanka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kataja	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
malchangel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
matsyagandha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oil of juniper berry	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
padma beeja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
padmabeeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palash	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pallas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plihahantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plihashatru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarv kohi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shajratulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spa ma i bras bu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spa mai bras bu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svalpaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-e-rahel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vapusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vigandhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishaghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visraganga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wachholder	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
wacholder	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
wacholderbeeren	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
zimbreiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zimbro	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
можжевельник	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
хвойна	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
cone berry		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
fruit		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
aetheroleum		EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
pseudo-fructus		EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008)
Fruit (berry)		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Wood, Herb, Bud, Fruit	Essential oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried ripe cone berry	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
berry cone	dried ripe cone berry	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
fruit	dried fruit	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
fruit	dried fruit	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fruit	fruit	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
fruit		ISO Catalogue (2009)
fruit	vegetal drug, fluid extract, essential oil	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fruit, terminal branchlets	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
fruit	Dried ripe cone berry	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
pseudofruto		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Juniperus borealis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 397 (1796), nom. superfl.
Juniperus communis subsp. eucommunis Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3a, 8: 273 (1868), not validly publ.
Juniperus communis var. vulgaris Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 414 (1789), not validly publ.
Juniperus vulgaris Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 45 (1897), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juniperis communis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Juniperus communis	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Juniperus communis (L.)	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Juniperus communis L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Juniperus communis Linn	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Juniperus communis Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Juniperus communis L.	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)

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