spa 'brum

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སྤ་འབྲུམ
med. spa ma tree fruit [IW]

a fruit [JV]

(med) Juniper berries
Synonyms : shug pa tsher can (Dawa 1999, Wangchuk 2008) shug pa (Wangyal 2020)

spa 'brum mkhris pa gram dang gzhang 'brum sel / zhes pa / shug pa'am spa ma tsher ma can gyi 'bras bu'o / 'dis mkhris pa gram pa ste byer ba bsdu ba dang lpags la rgyas pa 'joms / shing gzhang 'brum la phan no // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 209.4)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (31_029) spa ma'i 'bru dang lo ma

1. Juniperus communis L. (Cupressaceae) Common juniper (Dawa 2009)
2. Juniperus pingii W.C.Cheng ex Ferre (Cupressaceae) Ping juniper (Dawa 2009)
3. Juniperus squamata D.Don (Cupressaceae) Flaky juniper (Dawa 2009)
4. Juniperus rigida Siebold & Zucc. (Cupressaceae) Temple juniper, Needle juniper ('Phrin Las 1987)

Fruits from prostrate junipers. The general term shug pa comprises cypress species and junipers. In the Shel gong, spa ma (prostrate, often highland junipers) and rgya shug (cypress species) are treated in the fruit section of medicinal trees, and shug pa tsher can (upright junipers) in the leaf section.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:18, 15 March 2024 (EDT)