Steinmetz:Cupressus

Cupressus sempervirens (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Cupressus sempervirens (and other species) Family Coniferae English Names Cypress Natural Habitat South-Eastern Europe and Mediterranean countries (especially Italy) Persia Syria Creta Part(s) Used Folia Cupressi Fructus Cupressi Lignum Cupressi, Oleum Cupressi (obtained from the leaves and the young twigs)

Constituent(s) fruit: tannin essential oil; leaf: essential oil Action fruit: vasoconstricting astringent sudorific diuretic styptic disinfectant balsamic aromatic; oil : astringent expectorant pectoral sudorific diuretic used in whooping cough