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botanical illustration of Dwarf Pine, Pinus mugo

botanical record · discovered

Dwarf Pine

Pinus mugo

Dwarf Pine · Swiss Mountain Pine · Berg-Foehre · Berg-Föhre · Berg-Kiefer, Latsche · Berg-Kiefer, Legföhre% Latsche · Bergden · Bergkiefer · Bjerg-fyr · Dorothealilje · Dwarf Mountain-pine · Gewöhnliche Krummholz-Kiefer · Kalninė pušis · Kalnu priede · Keltanarsissi

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Italian, French, Dutch, Spanish, German

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Antiseptic, Expectorant, Liniment, Respiratory

Science studied: ANISALDEHYDE, ARABINOSE, BORNYL-CAPROATE, CADINENE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Pinaceae

Scientific name: Pinus mugo

Common names: Dwarf Pine, Swiss Mountain Pine, Berg-Foehre, Berg-Föhre, Berg-Kiefer, Latsche, Berg-Kiefer, Legföhre% Latsche, Bergden, Bergkiefer, Bjerg-fyr, Dorothealilje, Dwarf Mountain-pine, Gewöhnliche Krummholz-Kiefer, Kalninė pušis, Kalnu priede, Keltanarsissi

History

The source record documents this plant in Italian, French, Dutch, Spanish, German.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

  • Antiseptic
  • Expectorant
  • Liniment
  • Respiratory
  • Rubefacient

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • Italian
  • French
  • Dutch
  • Spanish
  • German

Documented cultural uses

  • Antiseptic
  • Expectorant
  • Liniment
  • Respiratory
  • Rubefacient

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ANISALDEHYDE
  • ARABINOSE
  • BORNYL-CAPROATE
  • CADINENE
  • CAPROALDEHYDE
  • EO
  • GLUCOSE
  • KAEMPFEROL
  • MYRCENE
  • ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
  • L-ALPHA-PINENE
  • BETA-PINENE
  • PINOSYLVINMONOMETHYLETHER
  • PUMILIOL
  • QUERCETIN
  • XYLOGALACTURONANE
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  • ARABINOGALACTAN
  • BORNYL-PROPIONATE
  • DELTA-3-CARENE
  • DIPENTENE
  • GALACTOSE
  • HEXANAL
  • L-LIMONENE
  • BORNYL-ACETATE
  • CUMINALDEHYDE
  • FUCOSE
  • D-LIMONENE
  • BETA-PHELLANDRENE
  • PINOSYLVIN
  • PUMILONE
  • XYLOSE
  • CRYPTONE
  • PINOCEMBRIN
  • ESTERS
  • CAMPHENE

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

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