Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
andorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
andornkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
aykriha	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
borremynte	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
bái huā xià kū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái xià zhì cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
common hoarhound	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
common horehound	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
eshbet el-kalb	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
faraasiyun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
farāsioun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ferasion	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
frasyoon	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
fēng lún cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gemeiner andorn	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
heshshat alkalb	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
hoarhound	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
horehound	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
horehound & thyme	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
horehound & tyme	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
horehound, white	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
hurtanminttu	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
iarbă de unguraş	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
imbuya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jablečníková nať	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
jablčníková vňať	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
kathuchjeekunia	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
kransborre	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kransburre	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
malcubio	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
malrove	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
malva del sapo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
malvarrubina	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
marriout	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
marrobio	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
marroio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marroio branco, parte aérea florida	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
marrube (parties aériennes de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
marrube blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
marrube vulgaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marrubii herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
marrubio	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
marrubio bianco (parti aeree fiorite)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
marrubio común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marrubio, sumidad florida de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
marrubioblanco	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
marrubium	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marrubium vulgare	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
marrubja	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
marvel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marūbijas laksts	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
mata ceniza	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
merriouet	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
merriut	Other	Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
orvosi pemetefű virágos hajtás	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
ou xia zhi cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
očajnica	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
paharigandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penimündiürt	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
peppermentucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pǔ tōng xià zhì cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qutainah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
rehan	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
roubiya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umhlonyana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umhlonyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umhlonyane wamalawu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white horehound	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
white- horehound	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xià zhì cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zaqoom	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
zekom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zel navadne črne mete	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
ziele szanty	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
šandra obyknovennaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
šantrų žolė	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
πόα πρασίου του κοινού	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
пчелник, стрък	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
اقريح	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عشبة الكلب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
فراسيون	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قطينة	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
مريوت	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
夏至草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
普通夏至草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白夏至草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白花夏枯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
风轮草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
flowering tops, leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herba		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012)
Flower, leaf		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Herb, Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
stem, leaves		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
branches, leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
aerial parts		Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
flowers, leaves, stems		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	whole or fragmented dried flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or fragmented dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or fragmented dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Marrubium album Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 364 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Marrubium apulum Ten. Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): XXXIV (1812).
Marrubium ballotoides Boiss. & Balansa in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 53 (1859).
Marrubium germanicum Schrank ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 510 (1821).
Marrubium hamatum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 310 (1818).
Marrubium hyperleucum Candargy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 149 (1897).
Marrubium hyperleucum var. brevidens Candargy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 149 (1897).
Marrubium hyperleucum var. comosum Candargy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 149 (1897).
Marrubium uncinatum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 353 (1812).
Marrubium vaillantii Coss. & Germ. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 20: 293 (1843).
Marrubium vulgare var. apulum (Ten.) Trevir. Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1821(App. 3): 2 (1821).
Marrubium vulgare subsp. apulum (Ten.) H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 2(7): 28 (1946).
Marrubium vulgare var. caucasicum K.Koch Linnaea 21: 696 (1849).
Marrubium vulgare var. gossypinum Nábelek Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 70: 60 (1926).
Marrubium vulgare var. lanatum Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 453 (1848).
Marrubium vulgare var. microphyllum Baguet Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31: 185 (1891).
Marrubium vulgare var. oligodon Barratte in E.Bonnet & J.F.G.Barratte, Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl.: 337 (1896).
Marrubium vulgare var. vaillantii (Coss. & Germ.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 818 (1937).
Prasium marrubium E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 11: 127 (1903), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Marrubium vulgare	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Marrubium vulgare L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Marrubium vulgare, herb. (2012) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) 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) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) 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) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Marrubium vulgare Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Marrubium vulgare Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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