Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus communis L. [Cupressaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 9

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 nothovar. intermedia (Schur) Nyman

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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. 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)
awbeer	Other	Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
baccae juniperi	Other	Herbal Meds., 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)
chhilli	Other	Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
common juniper	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhmankshanashini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
djerdjere	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
enebro	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
enebro común	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
enebær	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
er'er	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
fructus juniperi	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
galbuli	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
gemeine wacholder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
genièvre	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008) Herbal Meds., 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geniévrier	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
genévrier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
genévrier commun	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
gewöhnlicher wacholder	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginepro	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginepro comune	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gogar	Other	Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
ground juniper	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gugarh	Other	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
guggal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hab-el-a'ra'r	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
habb-el-harar	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
habb-ul-aaraar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habb-ul-arar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
hapushaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hapuṣā (fruit)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hauber	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
haubera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havubair	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
havuber	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
havulber	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
havusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havushaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
havuṣā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hayusha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
heide-wacholder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
horse savin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hosh	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
hosha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ienupăr	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
iuniperi aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
iuniperi pseudo-fructus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
jadloviec	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
juniper (essential oil)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
juniper berries	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
juniper oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
juniperi aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
juniperi fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
juniperi galbulus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
junípero	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matsyagandha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mažžavieĺnik	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
oil of juniper berry	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
padma beeja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
wacholderbeeren	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
zimbreiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zimbro	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
мaжжaвeльнiк	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
можжевельник	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
хвойна	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
ядлoвeц	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
cone berry		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
fruit		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
aetheroleum		EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010)
pseudo-fructus		EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008)
Fruit (berry)		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit		Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Wood, Herb, Bud, Fruit	Essential oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Fruit		Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
root		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
galbules, leaves, pollen, twigs		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
wood, fruit, herb, bud		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried ripe cone berry	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
berry cone	dried ripe cone berry	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
fruit	dried fruit	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
fruit	dried fruit	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
fruit	fruit	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
fruit		ISO Catalogue (2009)
fruit	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 Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
frutos, bayas		MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
pseudofruto		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

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

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:
Juniferus communis	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Juniperis communis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Juniperus communis	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Juniperus communis (L.)	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Juniperus communis L.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 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., 2017) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, aeth. (2010) EMA Com. Monog.: Juniperus communis, psd.-fruc. (2008) Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: 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 Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Juniperus communis Linn	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Juniperus communis Linn.	Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
Juniperus communis Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Juniperus communis L.	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)

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