Talk:Pinus pumila

Edit to improve sort order in category Pinus
I edited this to change the sort order on the page for the Category:Pinus. It had been set to alphabetize under Pine. That might make sense for categories where there are a lot of trees and a few of them are pines; then all the pines group together. But on the page where everything is a pine, it made more sense to alphabetize under Siberian Dwarf. 140.147.236.194 (talk) 20:31, 13 April 2010 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

Moved from article for possible expansion
The ip added similar walls of text to two other articles. See discussion at Talk:Rhodiola_rosea. --Ronz (talk) 17:38, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Distribution
The range covers the Far East, Eastern Siberia, north-east of Mongolia, north-east of China, northern Japan and Korea. Siberian Dwarf Pine can be found along mountain chains, passing the upper forest border, where it forms uninterrupted hard-to-pass thickets, also it grows in the sea bank of the Okhotsk and the Bering Seas, Tatarsk and Pacific coast (the Kurils). .  It grows very slowly and is a perennial plant. It can live up to 300 and even 1000 years. For example, in harsh conditions of Magadan region there are trees of Siberian Dwarf Pine, which are 250 years-old and older. The plant withstands strong winds, and is also considered as a cold-resistant species. In Eastern Siberia and in the Far East Siberian Dwarf Pine is one of the forest-forming species and covers areas not suitable for growing of other wood species. Among wood species, Siberian Dwarf Pine is considered the leader in its ability to grow in extreme conditions: it can be found in rocky areas, poor peat-gley and sandy soils, outcomes of rocks, on the river and sea deposits, in the plains and high in the mountains ( up to 2000m above the sea level), where if forms uninterrupted hard-to pass thickets.

Use in the past
Because of the high content of Vitamin C ( up to 335 mg/kg- 6-10 times more than in lemons) and carotene  (40-132 mg/kg, 4-12 times more than in carrots), Siberian Dwarf Pine was used as an anti-scorbutic by Siberian gold-diggers and fishermen since ancient times. S.P.Krasheninnikov, who worked in the Great Northern expedition (The Second Expedition to Kamchatka) of Vitus Bering in Kamchatka in 1737-1741 wrote:  «The goodness of the creeping tree is so great that it is used as an anti-scorbutic with desired success, with the whole crew being the witness of it, as the members of the crew practically did not take any other medicine against the declared disease but the creeping tree, which they used for making kvass, for drinking instead of tea, and particular orders were given not to remove the great kettle with boiled creeping pine from fire”. Expeditions of the great navigators James Cook and Jean Francois Laperuza in the end of 18th century in Kamchatka filled their stock of fresh water and food in that region and were also granted with the needles of Siberian Dwarf Pine as a very precious anti-scorbutic treatment.

Biologically active components
Resin from the wood contains monoterpenoids: α-pinene, β-pinene, α-thujene, camphene, Δ3-carene, myrcene, limonene, β-phellandrene, γ-terpinene, terpinolene, n-cymene, (-)-bornyl ferrulate, l-, bornyl ferrulate, l-bornyl-n-cumarate (Raldugin et al., 1976; Raldugin, Pentegova, 1983);  sesquiterpenoids:   α-bisabolene,  β- bisabolene, α-curcumene,  α-muurolene,  γ-muurolene,  α-ylangen,  β-ylangen, α-copaene, β-copaene, cyclosativene, longifolen,, α-longipinene,  longicyclene,  γ-elemene,  α-selinene, α-humulene, caryophyllene, α- δ- and γ-cadinenes, α-calacorene, calacorene, biabolol, cubebols,  δ-cadinol, corayol,  α-amorphene  Raldugin et al., 1976; Khan et al., 1983);  diterpenoids: isopimaradien -8,15-al-18, isopimarinal, levopimarinal, neoabietinal, dehydroabietinal, palustral. Manoiloxide, cis-abienol, isopimarinol, isocembrol, 3β-acetoxianticopal , 3β-hydroxianticopal, methyl and dimethyl ether of agathol acid, agathic, agathol, sandrocopimaric, abietic, levopimaric, neo-abietic acids,  (+)- dihydroabietane,  (  - )- abietadien, 13-dien-15-al, methyl ethers of antiopal, abietic, dehydroabietic, isopimaric and other acids  (Raldugin et al., 1976;  Raldugin et al., 1978;  Raldugin, Pentegova, 1983). Resin contains methyl ether of acetoxylabdan acid, 11monoterpens and 26 sesquiterpens (Raldugin et al., 1976) Chemical content of resin from Siberian Dwarf Pine from the Northern coast of lake Baikal differs from the resin of this tree from Sakhalin island. It does not contain α-thujene,  much less of  β-phelandrene  and a little more of   α-pinene. In resin, among sesquiterpenoids the dominant ones are longifolene (34%), α-bisabolene, (30%),   β- bisabolene,  (14% ), as well as cariophylene, sibirene,   γ-elemene, α-humulene, α-murolene, δ- and γ-cadinenes etc.; among monoterpens in resin, there were found α-pinene (90,4%), β-pinene (2,9%), camphene (3,5%), myrcene  (0,5%), limonene (0,6%), β-phellandren (1%) etc. (Khan et al., 1980). The needles contains benzoic(0,3%), succinylagathol, sandarocopimaric, isopimaric, palustric, dehydrolabietic, abietic, neo-abietic acids, also – derivatives of anticopal acid  – 3β-oxi-, 3β-acetoxi- and 3-anticopal acids;  aldehydes: sandaracopimarinal palustral, dehydroabietinal, abietinal, neoabietinal;  also novocasanol-10, methylаbietate, methyldehydroabietate, methylsandarocopimarate. The needles of Siberian Dwarf Pine contain a great amount of sandaracopimarene-3β-ol and sandarocopymariene -3β,18-diol, which were first found in the plants of the Pinaceae family. The needles contain  1,5-2,8 % of essential oil, and the highest content of it was found in two- or three-year old needles. The content of essential oil in the bark of the shoots varies from 1.5 to 5%. Meanwhile the maximum content is found in the bark of adult 3-4 year old shoots. The yield of essential oil from the needles and the tree foliage is 0,34-0,52% (from freshly gathered), its density is 0,861-0,869 g/cm, refraction index is 1,4731- 1,4774,  acidity index is 0,25. The main components of the essential oil from needles and tree foliage are α-pinene (23–38%), camphene (5,1–6,6%), β -myrcene (3,4–6,1%), Δ3-carene (4,0–14,9%), limonene (5,3–8,9%), β -phellandrene (7,0–10,4%) and terpinolene (5,1–8,2%). The oil contains more than 30 sesquiterpene components, the dominating among them are: caryophyllene (0,8–2,3%), humulene (0,5–2,2%), δ- cadinene (2,1–4,5%), Т-cadinol (0,6–2,0%) and α -cadinol (0,7–2,5%), as well as two diterpene hydrocarbons – cembrene (0,4–1,5%) and isocembrene (0,1–0,5%). The nut kernel contains fatty oils, starch, protein and sugar. In Khabarovsk region, the yield of essential oils from the tree foliage (needles and small twigs) is 0,9–1,3 %; density – 0,851–0,862 г/см3; refraction index – 1,4770–1,4777; acidity index – 0,24–0,80 mg of КОН per 1 g of product, also  there were found cumarenes  – 2,1–3,6 %. In essential oil there were found α-pinene (49,5%), β-pinene (14,9), myrcene (5,7%), limonene (4,4%), Δ3-carene (3,1%), bornyl acetate (11,5%), cadinenes (4,5%), terpineol (0,9%), citral (0,6%), camphora (0,5%), chamazulene (0,4%), terpinolene, longifolen etc. In essential oil from the needles of Siberian Dwarf Pine, grown in Tomsk region, there were discovered 99 components. Essential oil from the needles of different ecotypes of Siberian Dwarf Pine are very different in composition, as the concentration of   α-pinene, 3-carene, limonene,  germicolene and terpinolene in these ecotypes is 3-6 times different. This way, the amount of α-pinene in essential oil from the needles of plants grown from the seeds taken in the North-Baikal mountain range, is 32,86%, limonene -7,87%, and in the Kuril ecotype concentration of all these components is less, but still 5,73% and 3,11% respectively. . The main components in essential oil from the needles are Δ3 -carene (14.9%), β-phellandrene (10.7%) and terpinolene (37.7%). The main components in essential oil from the needles are carenes (Δ3 carene etc.). Essential oil from the needles of the plants growing on the Baikal bank contain 42,5% of α-pinene, 8,5% of camphrene, 6,8% of phellandrene, 9% of limonene,  4,4% of terpinolene,  1-2,5% of myrcene, 2,1% of β-pinene, 0,5% of carene etc. ( Young one-year-old needles contain carotinoids 43,1-49,7 gl/kg, Vitamin С 134-150 mg/100 g, and old three-year-old -  74,2-179,5 mg/kg and 227-237 mg/100 g respectively. .   In the needles, there were discovered flavonoids: quertsetine, kemppherol;   higher fatty acids: tri-decane, penta-decane, margaric, none-decane, heneicosanic, tricosanic, pentacosanic;  higher aliphatic  alcohols: nonacasanol-10.  The seeds contain  23,67% of fatty oil (и.ч. 146,3), the following acids are present in its composition: oleic 30,2%, linoleic 68,6%,  linolenic 0,29%, arachidonic  0,04%, palmitic, stearic, α- lenoleic, α-lenolenic.

Pharmacological properties
Turpentine produced from resin is an anti-septic, diuretic, dermahemia-causing and anthelmintic treatment. Essential oil extracted from the pine of the Siberian Dwarf Pine has a sedative, pain-killing, anti-pyretic and anti-inflammatory action on mice. LD50 of essential oil in mice is 0,577 ml / kg.

Use in medicine
Turpentine from resin of Siberian Dwarf Pine is a precious treatment for internal use and against kidney and bladder diseases.. It is taken both internally and externally, also in steam bath when treating rheumatic diseases. It is very beneficial as well for respiratory system and is used to treat cough, cold, flu and tuberculosis. As an external treatment it is very good for treatment of various skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, burns, furuncles etc. It is used in ointments, plasters, herbal steam bath, inhalations. Young fertilized branches are used as all-purpose healing, anthelmintic, diuretic treatment; baths with  infusions were used against neuralgia, arthritis, rheumatism, lumbago,  gout, skin diseases. Young fertilized branches and needles in the form of tea were taken as an anti-scorbutic, expectorant and disinfecting treatment;  inhalations were used to treat respiratory and pulmonary diseases ( .  Nut milk is used as an anti-scorbutic treatment  Since ancient times, Siberian Dwarf Pine, especially its young spring shoots and sapwood were considered a good anti-scorbutic treatment . Fresh bark was attached to cuts and was considered to be able to pull arrows from wounds. Fertilized branches were used in Trans-Baikal and in the Far East in baths against rheumatism, lumbago and gout. Seeds are eaten to prevent beri-beri disease (everyday dosage of 200-300 nuts keeps the illness away) . Bud tea is used as a diuretic, and in the form of inhalations – as an expectorant  and disinfectant  for treatment of upper respiratory tracts;  infusion and tea was taken against pulmonary tuberculosis. In Chinese medicine roots are used against favus scab. Resin was used against skin diseases as an all-purpose healing treatment. Anti-biotic and anti-scorbutic action of the pine infusions are acknowledged by clinical tests. .

Use in cosmetics
Clinical tests of the shampoo with natural essential oil of Siberian Dwarf Pine did not indicate any side effects in its  action  on the scalp, visible  mucous membranes and the surface of face and body skin. It was noticed that in its effect on scalp (dandruff- seborrhea), hair shine, strengthening of hair follicles and their growth the tested shampoo is superior in its effectiveness to the shampoos, which contain natural extracts of relict plants and oils. Clinical tests of the shampoo conducted on 113 men and 75 women have shown absolute harmlessness of the shampoo and its effectiveness in taking care of scalp. The use of the shampoo resulted in disappearance of dandruff, strengthening of hair roots, hair growth and shine. The shampoo was especially effective when used as a medical treatment against seborrhea, for hair strengthening and growth-stimulation. Clinical tests have shown that the shampoo may be recommended for use and manufacturing as a new treatment containing natural essential oil of Siberian Dwarf Pine. Tests were conducted on natural essential oils of Siberian Dwarf Pine as a bio-active additive to hair conditioners, in particular to the “Aicin” conditioner, the experimental batch of which was issued for sale by Khabarovsk JSC "Stim". Positive results achieved during the tests of the conditioner were the following: strengthening of hair roots and improvement of hair structure. Also the conditioner facilitated hair growth and had anti-septic properties. Tests of perfumery properties of Siberian Dwarf Pine oil were conducted together with the All-Russian scientific-research institute of synthetic and natural fragrant substances. The results have shown that perfumery evaluation of the original oil ranges from 2.5 to 4.0 mg/dm3, and of its separate fractions – from 2.5 to 4.2 mg/dm3, which acknowledges the possibility of its use as a fragrance. The Far-Eastern Scientific Research Institute of forest economy has formulated the recipe of nourishing, purifying and moisturizing face mask with natural essential oil of Siberian Dwarf Pine. The mask wonderfully cleanses skin and can be used as a soap substitute during hygienic skin care procedures. The mask increases skin suppleness, eliminates micro-lines, increases skin resistivity to various infections. Conducted tests have indicated that natural essential oil of Siberian Dwarf Pine has a wide range of biologically active effects on skin and hair-covered skin areas of humans and is well taken by the organs of smell. The oil is full of wonderful scents of the far-eastern taiga, positively effects emotions, have a positive therapeutic effect, all of this being without any side effects.

Other uses
Yellowish-brown or green dye is produced from the needles. Natural essential oil of Siberian Dwarf Pine has been tested as a bio-active additive to various consumer goods. Technical conditions “TU 56-(00969497-004-93)” have been developed for oil of Siberian Dwarf Pine

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 16:03, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Siberian dwarf pine → Pinus pumila – has a variety of common names. Has one single unambiguous scientific name. And regards horticulture, looks like the RHS likes scientific names too. Let's change. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:04, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - I don't WP to be a virtual Tower of Babel. This would be one less brick. Hamamelis (talk) 13:38, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - A quick Google test (using general Google results, as well as Scholar and Books) shows that "Pinus pumila" is more commonly used than "Siberian dwarf pine". "Siberian dwarf pine" isn't even the most commonly used vernacular name. "Japanese stone pine" and "Dwarf stone pine" both get slightly more Google hits than "Siberian dwarf pine". "Pinus pumila" is the WP:COMMONNAME. Plantdrew (talk) 19:54, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Exactly what WP:FLORA was meant for: Three different "common" names (I'm also liking "vernacular" more and more as a way to describe these all-too-uncommon names) are less common than Pinus pumila. That most widely used name was given by plant experts to disambiguate from others in the genus and give some precision. I.E., WP:FLORA. First Light (talk) 01:33, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 21:26, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.