Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl. [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african cedar	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
arar	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
bois de cèdre, afrique	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cedarwood, east africa	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
رعرع	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Twigs and leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Leaves, fruits, twigs, buds, small branches, resin		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
wood	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Juniperus abyssinica K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 132 (1873), nom. provis.
Juniperus hochstetteri Antoine Cupress.-Gatt., p.s.n.: t. 33 (1857).
Sabina procera (Hochst. ex Endl.) Antoine Cupress.-Gatt.: 36 (1857).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juniperus procera	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Juniperus procera Hochstetter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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