Juniper berries are usually dried and used to flavour meats and sauces, and also to flavour gin.
Names
Scientific
Juniperus communis
English
Common juniper
Juniper berry
Dutch
Jeneverbes
Spanish
Enebro común
Jinebro
French
Genévrier commun
Genièvre
German
Gemeiner Wacholder
Heide-Wacholder
Italian
Ginepro
Taxonomy
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Juniperus
Species
Juniperus communis (Common juniper)
Crop categories
Arid crops
Cool temperate crops
Essential oils
Mediterranean crops
Spices
Temperate crops
Wild-harvested crops