Plant Details

Accepted name:: Origanum majorana 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:
'uzâb	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 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 Pharmacopoeia (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)
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 Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
herba samsuchi	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jambira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
mairan	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
majoram	Other	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
majoran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 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	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
marjolein	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
marjoram	Other	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, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
marjoram sweet	Other	The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
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)
marubaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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	Plants and 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)
marzanjoush	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
marzanjush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
matzourana	Other	The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
mayoran sadovyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mejorana	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
mejram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mijirikamy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridu maruvamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mu swan	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
murwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oleoresin marjoram sweet	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
origanum majorana	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
phani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phanijjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pot marjoram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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	The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and 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)
sapsishiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
sapsisia	Other	The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
sapsissia	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and 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-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (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)
شوقدرب	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
مرزنجوش	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flowering tops		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Leaf		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaf		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Inflorescence, leaves		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
aerial part		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
leaves and inﬂorescences		The 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)
Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
herb	dried herb	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
vegetative parts		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
whole plant	liquid to semisolid	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
inflorescence		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 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. Repert. 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 (PI, 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	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Majorana hortensis Moench	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) 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, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
Origanium majorana L.	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
Origanum dubium Boiss.	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
Origanum majorana	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Origanum majorana L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Origanum majorana L. var. tenuifolium oeston	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
Origanum majorana Linnaeus	Plants and 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 Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Origanum majoranoides	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (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.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015)

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