Juniperus communis (Latin name: Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.) is also known as hanging gourd (Wenzhou Wencheng) and old crow gourd (Wenzhou). Root (Chinese medicine name of smallpox powder), fruit (Chinese medicine name of Juniperus solidus), pericarp (Chinese medicine name of Juniperus bark), seeds (Chinese medicine name of Juniperus kernel),

Cucurbitaceae Juniperus is a perennial climbing herb, up to 10 meters long. The rhizome is plump, terete, with yellow outer skin. Stem much branched, glabrous; leaves alternate, suborbicular or cordate, dioecious; male flowers several racemes, rarely solitary, corolla lobes obovate, female flowers solitary, ovary ovate, fruit subglobose, orange-red when ripe, flowering and fruiting from July to November. [1]