Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
big-berry juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sabina morena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
utah juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Juniperus californica var. osteosperma (Torr.) L.D.Benson in L.D.Benson & R.A.Darrow, Trees & Shrubs of Southw. Deserts, ed. 3: 377 (1981).
Juniperus californica subsp. osteosperma (Torr.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 21 (1982).
Juniperus californica var. utahensis Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 588 (1877).
Juniperus cosnino Lemmon Sierra Club Bull. 4: 123 (1902), nom. altern.
Juniperus knightii A.Nelson Bot. Gaz. 25: 198 (1898).
Juniperus megalocarpa Sudw. Forest. Irrig. 13: 307 (1907).
Juniperus monosperma var. knightii (A.Nelson) Lemmon Cone-bear. Trees Pacif. Slope, ed. 4: 114 (1900).
Juniperus occidentalis var. utahensis (Engelm.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Conif.: 289 (1881).
Juniperus tetragona var. osteosperma Torr. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 141 (1857).
Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon Bienn. Rep. Calif. State Board Forest. 3: 183 (1890).
Juniperus utahensis var. cosnino Lemmon Sierra Club Bull. 4: 122 (1902).
Juniperus utahensis var. megalocarpa (Sudw.) Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 67: 208 (1919).
Sabina knightii (A.Nelson) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 598 (1905).
Sabina megalocarpa (Sudw.) Cockerell Muhlenbergia 3: 143 (1908).
Sabina osteosperma (Torr.) Antoine Cupress.-Gatt.: 51 (1857).
Sabina utahensis (Engelm.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 598 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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