Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hyssopus officinalis L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Hyssopus officinalis subsp. aristatus (Godr.) Nyman

Hyssopus officinalis subsp. austro-oranensis Maire

Hyssopus officinalis subsp. canescens (DC.) Nyman

Hyssopus officinalis subsp. montanus (Jord. & Fourr.) Briq.

Hyssopus officinalis subsp. officinalis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chhabra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dayaa-kunji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
diyaanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hisopo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hissopo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hysope	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
hysope officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hyssop	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hyssopi aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hyssopi herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hyssopus officinalis	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
isop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
issop obyknovennyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
issopo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
jupha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kala parcha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miloduh	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
shen xiang cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ushnan-e-dawood	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vuzak	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
ysop	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
yssopos	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
zanjibil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zoofa	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
zoufāye-yābes	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zufa	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
zufa khushk	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zufa khusk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zufa yabis	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zufaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
zufah khushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zufah-i-khushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zufah-khushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zupha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zuufaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
zuufaa yaabis	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ýssopos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
ύσσοπος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
أشنان‬ داود‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
زوفاي يابس	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫زوفا	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
神香草	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herba		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves and inﬂorescences		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
flowering herb		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Flowering tip of shoots		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	dried flower	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
flowering top and leaf	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit (Seed), Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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

Hyssopus officinalis var. vulgaris Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 252 (1848), not validly publ.
Thymus hyssopus E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 11: 172 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hyssoppus officinalis Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Hyssopus officinalis	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Hyssopus officinalis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) 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) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hyssopus officinalis Linn.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Hyssopus ofﬁcinalis L.	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Hyssopus oﬃcinalis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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