Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pinus sylvestris L. [Pinaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 7

Pinus sylvestris var. elicinii Kandemir & Mataraci

Pinus sylvestris var. flava Castigl.

Pinus sylvestris var. hamata Steven

Pinus sylvestris var. lapponica Hartm.

Pinus sylvestris var. mongholica Litv.

Pinus sylvestris var. novocaesariensis Castigl.

Pinus sylvestris var. sylvestris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cacнa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
chvoja	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
fir wool	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
föhre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gemeine kiefer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gemmae pini	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
gujusonamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kiefernnadelöl	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
kiefernsprossen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
norway pine	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ou zhou chi song	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pin sauvage	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pin sylvestre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
pine	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pine needle oil, scotch type	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
pine silvestris oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
pine sylvestris oil	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
pine tree	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
pinheiro silvestre	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pini aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pini sylvestris aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
pini turiones	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pino albar, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
pino silvestre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pino sylvestris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pinus sylvestris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
pinus sylvestris, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
pix	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sasna	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
scotch fir	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
scotch pine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
scots pine	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tall	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
terebinthinae aetheroleum rectificatum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
turpentine	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
waldiwolle	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
waldkiefer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
xвoя	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
сосна	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
сосна звичайна	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
‫يرز‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, branch	essential oil	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
bud		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
pollen, resin, shoots, twigs, cones	young cones	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
needles		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
herb	essential oil	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, branch		British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
leaf, branch	essential oil, fresh leaf	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
stem		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
leaf (needle) terminal branchlets	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
leaf, branch	fresh leaves, fresh branches	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
hojas, ramas	hojas frescas, ramas frescas	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pinus borealis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 398 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pinus silvestris L.	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
Pinus sylvestris	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pinus sylvestris L.	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pinus sylvestris Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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