Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alman papatyası	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
anthemis nobilis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
babonage	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
babounje	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
babuna	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
babunah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
babunaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bābounaj	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bābouneh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
camomila de jardín	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
camomila nobre	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
camomila romana	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
camomila verdadeira	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
camomile	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
camomilla romana	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
camomilla romana fiore	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
camomille romaine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
camomille romaine (fleur de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
cankacuttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamaindoo poo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamomile	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamomile flower, roman	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
chamomile flowers	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chamomile oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
chamomile oil, english type	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
chamomile tea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamomile, roman	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
chamomiles	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamomilla	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chamomillae romanae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chamomillae romanae flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cimai camandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimai camanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimai camantip pu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaiccamanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
corn chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cvet rimske kamilice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
dog fennel	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
double chamomile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
english chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
floare de muşeţel roman	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
fresh chamomile	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
garden chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garden dogfennel	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
gul-e-baabuuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gulbabuna	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
gule-babunah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamomillblomma, romersk	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
kvet parumana spanilého	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
květ heřmánku římského	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
kwiat rumianu rzymskiego	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
macela, flor	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
manzanilla fina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
manzanilla romana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
manzanilla romana, flor de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
noble chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
officinal chamomile	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
roman camomile	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
roman chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
roman chamomile flower	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
romanchamomile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
romersk kamilleblomst	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
romersk kamomill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
romiešu kumelītes ziedi	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
roomse kamille	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
russian chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rómaikamilla virág	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
römisch kamille	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
römische kamille	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
römische kamillenblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
shimai chamantipu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sweet cha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
true chamomile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utacamanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vääris-vaipkakra õis	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
ανθός χαμαιμήλου ρωμαϊκού	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
италианска лайка, цвят	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
بابونج	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بابونه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowerhead		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Flowered tops		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
capitulum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
flos		EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010)
Flowerhead		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Flower		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
flowers	dried flowers	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	dried flower-heads	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
flower	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
flower	dried flower heads	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf	tincture, vegetal drug, essential oil, dry extract, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flowering tops	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Flower, Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
flower head	Dried flower-heads	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthemis nobilis L. Sp. Pl.: 894 (1753).
Chamaemelum nobile var. discoideum (Boiss. ex Willk.) A.Fern. Anuário Soc. Brot. 45: 38 (1979).
Anacyclus aureus L. Mant. Pl. 2: 287 (1771).
Anacyclus nobilis B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb.: 33 (1812), nom. superfl.
Anthemis apiifolia R.Br. Bot. Reg. 7: t. 527 (1821).
Anthemis aurea (L.) DC. Prodr. 6: 7 (1838), nom. illeg.
Anthemis chamomilla-romana Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 300 (1766).
Anthemis nobilis var. aurea (L.) Cout. Fl. Portugal: 628 (1913).
Anthemis nobilis var. discoidea (Boiss. ex Willk.) P.Silva & G.Sobr. Agron. Lusit. 12: 333 (1950).
Anthemis nobilis var. multiplex N.H.F.Desp. Fl. Sarthe: 128 (1838).
Anthemis odorata Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 163 (1779).
Anthemis parthenioides Bernh. ex Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 833 (1815).
Anthemis santolinoides Munby Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 284 (1855).
Chamaemelum nobile var. aureum (L.) Ladero, C.J.Valle, M.T.Santos, Trin.Ruiz & Fern.-Arias Stud. Bot. 4: 185 (1985), not validly publ.
Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum (Boiss. ex Willk.) Benedí Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 17: 59 (1988).
Chamaemelum nobile f. duplicatum (Gray) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 556 (2006).
Chamaemelum nobile var. duplicatum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 455 (1821 publ. 1822).
Chamaemelum nobile var. nudum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 455 (1821 publ. 1822).
Chamaemelum nobile f. nudum (Gray) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 556 (2006).
Chamaemelum romanum Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 2: t. 215 (1764), not validly publ.
Chamomilla nobilis (L.) Godr. Fl. Lorraine 2: 19 (1843).
Chrysanthemum partheniodes (Bernh. ex Hornem.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 508 (1894).
Dendranthema parthenioides (Bernh. ex Hornem.) Des Moul. Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 20: 561 (1855).
Lyonnetia abrotanifolia Webb Iter Hispan.: 37 (1838).
Marcelia aurea Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34:107 (1825), nom. superfl.
Matricaria nobilis Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 60, 309 (1882).
Matricaria parthenioides (Bernh. ex Hornem.) Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 169, 400 (1829).
Ormenis aurea Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 467 (1868).
Ormenis nobilis (L.) J.Gay ex Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris: 398 (1845).
Ormenis nobilis subsp. aurea (L.) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 764 (1934).
Ormenis nobilis var. discoidea Boiss. ex Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 89 (1865).
Ormenis santolinoides (Munby) Harling Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 54: 586 (1960).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anthemis nobilis	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Anthemis nobilis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Anthemis nobilis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Chamaemelum nobile	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Chamaemelum nobile, flo. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) 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)
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All. var. discoideum (Boiss. ex Willk.) A. Fern.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Chamaemelum nobile (Linné) Allioni	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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