Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
japanese cedar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ri ben liu shan	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
柳杉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柳杉叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 45 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cryptomeria fortunei Hooibr. ex Billain Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 234 (1853).
Cryptomeria araucarioides Henkel & W.Hochst. Syn. Conif.: 269 (1865).
Cryptomeria compacta Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 147 (1891).
Cryptomeria elegans J.Veitch f. Gard. Chron. 1863: 3 (1863).
Cryptomeria generalis E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 1: 23 (1906).
Cryptomeria japonica f. araucarioides (Henkel & W.Hochst.) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
Cryptomeria japonica var. araucarioides (Henkel & W.Hochst.) Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 6 (1868).
Cryptomeria japonica var. caespitosa Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5: 28 (1928).
Cryptomeria japonica f. compacta (Jacob-Makoy) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
Cryptomeria japonica var. compacta Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 11 (1870).
Cryptomeria japonica f. dacrydioides (Carrière) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 43 (1949).
Cryptomeria japonica var. dacrydioides Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 193 (1867).
Cryptomeria japonica f. elegans (J.Veitch f.) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
Cryptomeria japonica var. elegans-variegata Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 73: xxi (1875).
Cryptomeria japonica var. fortunei (Hooibr. ex Billain) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 1: 129 (1906).
Cryptomeria japonica var. lobbii Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 154 (1855).
Cryptomeria japonica f. lobbii (Carrière) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
Cryptomeria japonica f. nana (Carrière) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
Cryptomeria japonica var. nana Carrière in H.A.Jacques & F.Hérincq, Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 332 (1857).
Cryptomeria japonica var. pendula Leroy ex Dallim. & A.B.Jacks. Handb. Conif., ed. 3: 255 (1948).
Cryptomeria japonica var. pendulata Bronsart Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 22: 94 (1913), nom. provis.
Cryptomeria japonica var. pungens Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2, 1: 194 (1867).
Cryptomeria japonica f. pungens (Carrière) Beissn. Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
Cryptomeria japonica var. radicans Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 277 (1941).
Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis Miq. in P.F.von Siebold & J.G.Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. 2: 52 (1870).
Cryptomeria japonica subsp. sinensis (Miq.) P.D.Sell Watsonia 18: 92 (1990).
Cryptomeria japonica var. spiralis Miq. in P.F.von Siebold & J.G.Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. 2: 52 (1870).
Cryptomeria japonica f. spiralis (Miq.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 43 (1949).
Cryptomeria japonica spiralites-falcata Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 11 (1870).
Cryptomeria japonica variegata-argentea Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 24 (1870).
Cryptomeria kawaii Hayata Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 117 (1917).
Cryptomeria lobbiana Billain Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 234 (1853).
Cryptomeria lobbii (Carrière) Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 272 (1877), nom. superfl.
Cryptomeria lycopodioides Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 220 (1874).
Cryptomeria mairei (H.Lév.) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 395 (1937).
Cryptomeria mucronata Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 146 (1891).
Cryptomeria nana Lindl. & Gordon J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 208 (1850), nom. subnud.
Cryptomeria nigricans Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 119 (1871).
Cryptomeria pungens Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 147 (1891).
Cryptomeria variegata Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 147 (1891).
Cryptomeria viridis Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 146 (1891).
Cupressus japonica Thunb. ex L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 421 (1782).
Cupressus mairei H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 56 (1916).
Schubertia japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) Jacques Ann. Fl. Pomone 5: 241 (1837).
Taxodium japonicum (Thunb. ex L.f.) Brongn. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 30: 183 (1833).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cryptomeria fortunei Hooibrenk ex Otto & Dietr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cryptomeria fortunei Hooibrenk ex Otto et Dietr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cryptomeria japonica	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cryptomeria japonica (L. F.) D. Don	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cryptomeria japonica (L.) D.Don	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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