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Evergreen conifer with a shrub or tree-like growth form up to 3 m high, belongs to the cypress family. In North America, juniper species, cedars, reach a height of 40 m.
The ripe berry cones (juniper berries - Juniperi pseudofructus) and the essential oil they contain (juniper oil - Juniperi aetheroleum) are used phytotherapeutically.
Caution: Danger of confusion with the highly poisonous juniper tree, stinking juniper! The juniper stings, the sade tree does not!
In the cosmetics industry: Juniperus communis fruit oil (INCI), Juniperus communis fruit extract (INCI).
Juniper wood, formerly used in folk medicine, is obsolete today. see also Pix juniperi
Cosmetics: see under Juniperus oxycedrus wood extract (INCI), Juniperus oxycedrus wood tar (INCI), Juniperus communis wood oil (INCI)
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Juniperus communis is the parent plant of Juniperi fructus (pseudofructus) the official extract of juniper berries (Commission E monograph).
Alcoholic beverages. Juniper berries are an important raw material in the production of juniper brandy or gin or jenever.
Spice: Dried juniper berries are used in the preparation of sauerkraut, also in meat preparations.
Cosmetics: Extracts of Juniperus cmmunis are used in cosmetic formulations:
- Juniperus communis oil - the extract from the berries of the plant
- Juniperus communis extract - the extract from the needles and wood of the plant
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