Plant Details

Accepted name:: Thymus vulgaris L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Thymus vulgaris subsp. aestivus (Reut. ex Willk.) A.Bolòs & O.Bolòs

Thymus vulgaris subsp. mansanetianus P.P.Ferrer, A.Navarro, E.Laguna & Mateo

Thymus vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amor-agarradinho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
ban jawain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bastbaum	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
common thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
dried thyme	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
echter thymain	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
english thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
farigola	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
farigoule	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
french thyme	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
frigoule	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
garden thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
herba thymi	Other, Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
herba thymi vulgaris	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
herba timi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
iarbă de cimbru	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
kakukkfű	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
kryddtimjan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liivatee ürt	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
lime	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
linde	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
linden	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
linden flowers	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
lindenbluten	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mother of thyme	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
oleoresin thyme	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
red thyme	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rubbed thyme	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
satar	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
sesti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ten	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
thick leaf thyme	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
thym	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
thym (parties aériennes de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
thym commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
thymari	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
thyme	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
thyme essential oil	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., aeth. (2009)
thyme extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
thyme liquid extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
thyme oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., aeth. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
thyme oil, thymol type	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
thyme tincture	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
thymi aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., aeth. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
thymi herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
thymi typo thymolo aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
thymian	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
thymiankraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
thymo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
thymári	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
thymári ímero	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tijm	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
tilia	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
time	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
timi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
timian	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
timiānu laksti	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
timjami	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
timjan	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
timo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
timo parti aeree	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
timu	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
tomilho	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
tomillo	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tomillo común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tomillo partes aéreas de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
tomillo, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
tomillo, parte aérea	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
tymianová vňať	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
tymiánová nať	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
vaistinių čiobrelių žolė	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
za'atar	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
za'ater	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
zaetir	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
za’ater	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zel vrtne materine dušice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
ziele tymianku	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
ήμερο θυμάρι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
θυμάρι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
πόα θύμου	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
мащерка, стрък	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
آویشن	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
رتعز	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
صعتر	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ᾱvishan	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flower		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
flowering tops, leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
aetheroleum		EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., aeth. (2009)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010)
Flowering top, leaf		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Leaf		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaf, Herb	Essential oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves and inﬂorescences		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
flowering herb, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Flowering tip of shoots, tender tops, leaf, twigs		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Aerial portion		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
	oil, extract, tincture, liquid extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
flowering plant		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
leaf and flower	dried leaf and flowering tops	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower, leaf	whole leaves and flowers	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
whole plant, flowering	semisolid	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
flowering aerial parts	essential oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		ISO Catalogue (2009)
flower	vegetal drug, essential oil, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flowering top	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
leaves, flowering tops, inflorescence	dried leaves, dried flowering tops, dried inflorescence	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
leaf, flower	Whole leaves and flowers separated from the previously dried stems	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
hojas y flores enteras, separadas de los tallos previamente secos		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Origanum thymus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 528 (1891).
Thymus collinus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 86 (1796), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Thymus vulgaris	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Med. in Jordan (Abu-Irmaileh & Afifib, 2003) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Thymus vulgaris L	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
Thymus vulgaris L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., aeth. (2009) EMA Com. Monog.: Thymus spp., herb. & Primula spp. rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Thymus vulgaris Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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