Scientific Names, Common Names, Principal,Type NWFPs and

Scientific Names, Common Names, Principal NWFPs and Type of Use for
Conifers Mentioned in this Paper

GENUS ABIES

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Abies A. alba   A. amabilis A. balsamea       A. cephalonica A. concolor A. firma A. fraseri A. grandis    A. homolepis A .koreana A. lasiocarpa A. magnifica A. normandiana A. procera A. pindrow A. pinsapo A. religiousa A. sibirica A. spectabilis A. veitchii	European silver fir   Pacific silver fir Balsam fir       Greek fir White fir Japanese fir, Momi fir Fraser fir Grand fir   Nikko fir Korean fir Subalpine fir California red fir Caucasian fir Noble fir West Himalayan fir  Spanish fir Sacred fir, Oyamel, Abeto East Himalayan fir Veitch’s silver fir	Essential oils Christmas trees and boughs Landscape material Bark (medicine) Boughs Essential oils Christmas trees and boughs Curios (pillows filled with foliage) Landscape material Resin Landscape material Christmas trees Landscape material Landscape material Christmas trees Landscape material Christmas trees and boughs Landscape material Resin (Medicine and wood finish) Landscape material Landscape material Bark (medicine) Boughs Landscape material Christmas trees and boughs Christmas trees and boughs Essential oil Landscape material Boughs Essential oil Dye (Cones) Resin Landscape material	C C C T L C C L C T C L C L L L C L T L L T L L C C L L T C L T L

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercially important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, historical use or in current use by tribal cultures.

 

 

GENERA AGATHIS AND ARAUCARIA

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Agathis A. australis A. dammara A. vitiensis Araucaria A. araucana A. angustifolia A. bidwelli A. columaris A. heterophylla	Kauri pine Dammara Monkey puzzle tree Paranà pine Bunya pine Norfolk Island pine	Amber; Resin Resin Resin (Fijian glue) Landscape material Edible nuts Landscape material Edible nuts Resin;  Edible nuts Christmas trees Landscape material House plant Landscape material	L; L C T C L,T L L,T L T L L C C

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercially important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, historic use or in current use by tribal cultures.

GENERA CALCOCEDRUS, CALLITRIS, CALLITROPSIS, CEDRUS AND
CHAMAECYPARIS

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Calcocedrus C. decurrens Callitris C. calcarta C. preissi Callitropsis C. araucariodes Cedrus Cedrus spp. C. atlantica C. deodara   C. libani   Chamaecyparis C. lawsoniana C. nootkatensis C. obtusa	Incense cedar Cypress pine Cypress pine       True cedars Atlantic cedar Deodar cedar   Cedar of Lebanon     Port Orford Cedar Alaska yellow cedar Hinoki cypress	Boughs Resin (Australian sandarach) Resin (Australian sandarach) Essential oil Bonsai Essential oil Landscape material Bark (medicine) Essential oil Landscape material Landscape material Resin   Boughs Landscape material Bark (Clothing, canoes, woven products) Bonsai	L L L C C C C T C C C T C C T C

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercial important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, historic use or in use by tribal cultures.

 

 

GENERA CUPRESSUS, CRYPTOMERIA AND GINGKO

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Cupressus C. arizonica C. funebris C. lusitanica C. macrocarpa C. sempervirens   Cryptomeria C. japonica Gingko G. biloba	Arizona cypress   Mexican cypress Monterrey cypress Mediterranean cypress       Japanese cedar   Gingko, Maidenhair tree	Christmas trees Landscape material Essential oil Landscape material Landscape material Landscape material       Bonsai Bark (Construction) Landscape material Bonsai Landscape material Medicinal uses	L C C C C C       C T C C C C

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercial important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, used or in current use by tribal cultures.

 

 

GENUS JUNIPERUS

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Juniperus spp. J. ashei J. californica J. chinensis J. communis J. erythrocarpa J. formosana J. macrocarpa J. oxycedrus J. procera J. procumbens J. rigida J. sabina J. sargentii J. scopularum J. virginiana J. vulgaris	Junipers Ashe juniper California juniper Chinese juniper Common juniper Redberry juniper Formosan juniper, Prickly cypress Plum juniper Prickly juniper African pencil cedar Nana juniper Needle juniper Savin Sargent’s juniper Rocky Mountain juniper Eastern red cedar	Boughs Essential oil Bark (diapers for infants) Bonsai Essential oil Berries (seasoning, gin) Essential oil Dye Essential oil (potential source) Essential oil Essential oil Bonsai Essential oil Bonsai Bonsai Essential oil Bonsai Boughs (shamanistic healing) Essential oil (potential source) Bonsai Christmas trees Essential oil Essential oil	L C T C C C C L L C C C T C C C T L C L C C

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercial important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, used or in current use by tribal cultures.

 

 

GENERA LARIX AND PICEA

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Larix L. decidua L. laricina Picea P. abies       P. engelmanni P. glauca       P. mariana     P. orientalis P. rubens P. sitchensis  P. smithiana P. pungens P. jezoensis	Japanese larch Eastern larch, Tamarack Norway spruce       Engelmann spruce White spruce       Black spruce     Oriental spruce Red spruce Sitka spruce West Himalayan spruce Colorado blue spruce	Bonsai Resin (medicine) Bonsai Christmas trees and boughs Landscape material Resin Tannin Bark (medicine, construction) Bark (medicine, construction woven products) Bonsai Christmas trees Resin Bark (woven products) Bonsai Christmas trees Resin Bonsai Bark (woven products) Christmas trees Resin Roots (basketry) Resin (medicine) Landscape material Bonsai	C T C C C T T T T C L T T C C T C T L T T T C C

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercially important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, used or in current use by tribal cultures.

 

 

GENUS PINUS

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Pinus spp. (13 species) P. albicaulis P. ayacahuite P. banksiana P. brutia P. canariensis P. caribaea P. cembra P. contorta P. coulteri P. cubensis P. echinata P. elliottii P. flexilis P. gerardiana P. halepensis P. jeffreyi P. kesiya P. koraiensis P. lambertiana P. longaeva P. massoniana P. merkusii P. montana P. monticola P. nigra P. oocarpa P. palustris P. parviflora P. pinaster	Piñon pines Whitebark pine Mexican white pine Jack pine Canary Island pine Caribbean pine Swiss stone pine Lodgepole pine Coulter pine Cuban pine Shortleaf pine Slash pine Limber pine Chilgoza pine Aleppo pine Jeffery pine Korean pine Sugar pine Bristlecone pine Masson pine Mugho pine Western white pine Austrian pine Oocarpa pine, pino oocarpa Longleaf pine Japanese white pine Maritime pine, pin maritime	Edible nuts (See Table 7.2) Resin Edible nuts Edible nuts Christmas trees  Resin House plants Landscape material Curios (needle baskets) Resin Edible nuts Bark (food, construction) Boughs Cones Edible nuts Resin Bark (oil spill absorption) Christmas trees Resin Pine straw Bonsai Edible nuts Edible nuts Resin Resin (heptane) Resin Edible nuts, pine nut oil Boughs Edible nuts Resin Resin Bonsai Essential oil Landscape material Boughs Edible nuts Bonsai Christmas trees Resin Resin Bonsai Resin	C, L, T T T T L L L L T C L T C C T L L L C L C T C L T C C L T C C C C C C T C L C,T C C C

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercial important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, historical use or in current use by tribal cultures.

 

 

GENUS PINUS (CONTINUED)

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
P. pinea P. ponderosa   P. pumila P. radiata   P. resinosa P. rigida P. roxburghii  P. sabiniana P. sibirica P. strobus P. sylvestris   P. taeda   P. torreyana P. thunbergiana P. tropicalis P. virginiana P. wallichiana	Italian stone pine Ponderosa pine    Japanese stone pine Monterrey pine, radiata pine Red pine Pitch pine Chir pine Digger pine Siberian stone pine  Eastern white pine Scots pine   Loblolly pine   Torrey pine Japanese black pine Tropical pine Virginia pine Blue pine	Edible nuts House plants Landscape material Bark (Landscaping) Bonsai Edible nuts Resin Bonsai  Edible nuts Bark (tannin) Landscape material Resin Christmas trees Bonsai Christmas trees Edible nuts Resin Edible nuts Edible nuts, pine nut oil Christmas trees and boughs Landscape material Bark (food) Bonsai Essential oil Resin Bark (oil spill absorption) Pine needle baskets Pine straw (mulch) Edible nuts Bonsai Christmas trees Resin Christmas trees Resin	C L C L C T L C  L L C C L C L T C,T T L C C T C C C L T L T C L L L T

* C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercial important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, historical use or in current use by tribal cultures.

 

 

GENERA PSEUDOLARIX, PSEUDOTSUGA, SEQUOIA AND SEQUOIADENDRON

 

Genus and species	Common name(s)	Products	Type of use*
Pseudolarix P. kaempferi Pseudotsuga P. menziesii     Sequoia S. sempervirens Sequoiadendron S. giganteum	Golden larch   Douglas-fir       Redwood Giant sequoia, Big tree	Bonsai Landscape material Bark (landscaping, Silvacon) Boughs Christmas trees Resin Tannin (Potential source)	C C C C C L L L

 

GENERA TAXUS AND TÓRREYA

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Taxus T. baccata   T. brevifolia T. cuspida Tetraclinis T. articulata Tórreya T. californica T. grandis  T. nucifera	English yew   Pacific yew Japanese yew       Stinking yew Chinese torreya Japanese torreya Kaya (Japanese)	Foliage (Taxotere) Landscape material Topiary Foliage (Taxol) Bark -(Taxol)  Bonsai Taxol (potential source) Essential oil Resin (Sandarach) Edible nuts Roots (basketry) Edible nuts Edible nuts	C C C C C C C C T T L C

GENERA THUJA AND TSUGA

 

Genus and Species	Common name(s)	Principal uses	Type of use*
Thuja T. occidentalis   T. plicata Tsuga T. canadensis T. heterophylla	Northern white cedar, Arborvitae Western red cedar Eastern hemlock Western hemlock	Bonsai Essential oil Landscape material Medicinal uses Bark (clothing, canoes, woven articles) Boughs Bark (dye, tannin) Landscape material Resin Bark (food, dye, medicine, tannin)	C C C T T L T C T T

C - Commercially important at a regional or international level , L -
Commercial important in individual countries or portions of countries, T -
Traditional, used or in current use by tribal cultures.