Plant Details

Accepted name:: Origanum majorana L. [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'uzâb	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
acaikkuriyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajanmasurabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajanmasurabhipatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annual marjoram	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
annual marjorum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bahuvirya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban-tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bardakush	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
bardaqush	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
beyaz kekik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
cutanaccu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
davana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
davanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dried sweet marjoram	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
gandhapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhira	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
herba amaraci	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
herba samsuchi	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
jambira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangali maruaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kekik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kharapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulasaurabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvalamayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvalamaycceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ma ru ba ka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maggiorana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mairan	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
majoram	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
majoran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
majoranae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
majoranae aethoroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
majoranae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
majorankraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
majoranöl	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
mancipattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjerona	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mantsourána	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
marataka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marccoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mardaqush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maricha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marjolaine	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
marjolein	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marjoram	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
marjoram oil, sweet	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
marrau	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marroo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruae	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
marubaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marukkoluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruwa phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
marva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marzangosh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marzanjosh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
marzanjoush	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
marzanjush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matzourana	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
mayoran sadovyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mayorana	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mayorana-so	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mejorana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
mejram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mercenkosk	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mijirikamy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridu maruvamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mu swan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
murwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
má yào lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mǎ yuē lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oleoresin marjoram sweet	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
origan des jardins	Other	Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
origanium	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
origanum majorana	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
phani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phanijjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pot marjoram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prasthakusuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prasthapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prathapuspah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rigani	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
rígani	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
sabja marve	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samirana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santhraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sapsishiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
sapsisia	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
sapsissia	Other	Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
sathra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitalaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
small leaf marjoram	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
sukhaatmaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
suravha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet marjoram	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
takaittavacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takaittuvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yabani mercanköşkü	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
μαντσουράνα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ρίγανη	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σαψισιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
زوباع‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
شوقدرب	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
مرزنجوش	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫مردقوش	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
马约兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
麻药蓝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Leaf		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Leaf		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaf		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Inflorescence, leaves		Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
aerial part		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
leaves, inﬂorescences		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
inflorescence, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Flowering tip of shoots, Infloresence, leaf	essential oil	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
floral top		Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
leaves, seed	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb	dried herb	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
vegetative parts		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
whole plant	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
inflorescence		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
flowering top	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Majorana hortensis Moench Methodus: 406 (1794).
Origanum dubium Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 553 (1879).
Origanum majorana var. tenuifolium Weston Bot. Univ. 3: 530 (1772).
Origanum majoranoides Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 137 (1800).
Amaracus majorana (L.) Schinz & Thell. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 576 (1907).
Majorana cretica var. hortorum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 119 (1866).
Majorana dubia (Boiss.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 307 (1896).
Majorana fragrans Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837).
Majorana majorana (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repet. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 999 (1886), not validly publ.
Majorana mexicana M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 191 (1844).
Majorana ovalifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 350 (1812).
Majorana ovatifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 351 (1812).
Majorana suffruticosa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837).
Majorana tenuifolia Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 381 (1821 publ. 1822).
Majorana tenuifolia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837).
Majorana uncinata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 353 (1812).
Majorana vulgaris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 381 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Origanum confertum Pi.Savi Index Seminum (PAV, Ticinensis) 1839: [2] (1839).
Origanum majorana var. majoranoides (Willd.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592 (1881), nom. superfl.
Origanum odorum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 85 (1796), nom. superfl.
Origanum salvifolium Roth Catal. Bot. 2: 48 (1800).
Origanum syriacum subsp. dubium (Boiss.) Holmboe Stud. Veg. Cyprus: 162 (1914).
Thymus majorana (L.) Kuntze Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 106 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Majorana hortensis	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Majorana hortensis Moench	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Marjoram hortensis L.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Origanium majorana L.	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
Origanum dubium Boiss.	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
Origanum majorana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Origanum majorana L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Origanum majorana L. var. tenuifolium oeston	Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
Origanum majorana Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Origanum majorana Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Origanum majorana Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Origanum majorana var. tenuifolium Weston	Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Origanum majoranoides	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Origanum majoranum L.	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Origanum majoranum L. var. tenuifolium Weston	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Origanum marjoram	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Origanum marjorana L.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Origanum marjorana Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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