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Accepted name: 
Melissa officinalis L. [Lamiaceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
2
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
alahana Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
appiastro Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
badarendjabouya Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
badranjbuyeh Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
balm Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbal Medicines, 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 Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
balm mint Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
balm, lemon Other Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
bee balm Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
beebalm Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
blue balm Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
bādrangbouyeh Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bādranjbouyeh Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
cedronella Other Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
citraria Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
citroenmelisse Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
citromfülevél Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
citromfűlevél Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
citronelle Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
citronmeliss Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
citronmeliss, blad Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
citronmelisseblad Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
citrounado Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
citrounela Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
citrounelo Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
common balm Other Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
cure-all Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
dary melissasy Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
dropsy plant Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
dulac Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
erba limoncina Other Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
erva cidreira Other Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
erva-cidreira Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
erva-cidreira-miuda-de-folha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
folia citronellae Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
folium melissae Pharmaceutical WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
franjmeshk Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
frunză de roiniţă Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
garden-balm Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
hasheshat alnehal Other Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
herzkraut Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
hhashyshat ennahhl Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
honey plant Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
honeyplant Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
lemon balm Other British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Herbal Medicines, 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. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
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)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
lemon-balm Other Medicinal Plants in Tajikistan (Williams et al. 2012)
lemonbalm Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limiera Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
limonuit Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
limouna Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
limounneta Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
list navadne melise Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
liść melisy Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
malisaa Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
mallisa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
matočina Other Native Med. Plants of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković, 2014)
medovkový list Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
meduňková nať Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
melisa Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
melisa, hoja Other Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
melisa, hoja de Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
melisas lapas Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
melissa Other Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
melissa balm Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
melissa foglia Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
melissa leaf Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
melissa lekarstvennaja Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
melissa lekarstvennaya Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
melissa officinalis Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
melissa, folha Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
melissae aetheroleum Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
melissae folium Pharmaceutical E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
melisse Other ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
melissenblätter Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
melissenkraut Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
melissileht Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
melisso Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
melissochorto Other The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
melissóhorto Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
melisų lapai Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
melliss Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
mofarrah-ol-qalb Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
mélissa Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
mélisse Other Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
mélisse (feuille de) Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
mélisse officinale Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
nozbu Other Medicinal Plants in Tajikistan (Williams et al. 2012)
parcikancankorai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parsee cunjamkoray Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponciarada Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
pouncinado Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
sidrunmeliss Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
sitronmelisseblad Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
sitruunamelissa, lehti Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
sweet balm Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
sweet or tea balm Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toronjil Other Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994)
Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
toronjil-cidrado Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
touroudjan Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
turungan Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
werqa tal-buriħa Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
xiang feng hua Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zitronen-melisse Other Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
zitronenkraut Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
zitronenmelisse Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
μέλισσα Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
μελισσόχορτο Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
φύλλο μελίσσης Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
маточина, лист Other EMA Com. Monog.: Melissa officinalis, fol. (2012)
нозбу Other Medicinal Plants in Tajikistan (Williams et al. 2012)
اسيلم Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
بادرنجبويه Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بادرنگبویه Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
مفرح القلب Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)