Plant Details

Accepted name:: Origanum vulgare L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 6

Origanum vulgare subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) Ietsw.

Origanum vulgare subsp. gracile (K.Koch) Ietsw.

Origanum vulgare subsp. viridulum (Martrin-Donos) Nyman

Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum (Link) A.Terracc.

Origanum vulgare subsp. virens (Hoffmanns. & Link) Bonnier & Layens

Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akino	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ban ajwain	Other	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
ban tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banjawain	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
bantulese	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bantulse	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bantulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bei yin chen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bilee maruga patre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bishmaro	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
buklut-ul-gezal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common marjoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
delight of the mountain	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dost	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
dostenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
dried oregano - whole or ground leaves	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
dushitsa obyknovennaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
echter dost	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
greek oregano	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
herba origani	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
jambil	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
jonkjari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kademki kok chay chop	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
le ren ne ba	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
marjoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marubakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mijirikamy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirzanjosh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mizangosh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridu maruvamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridu-maru-vama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridumaruvamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niou jhih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
oregano	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
origan	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) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
origani vulgaris aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
origani vulgaris herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
origano	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
orégano	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
orégano, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
oushneh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramtulsi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rehan gebeli	Other	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
satar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satar farsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sathra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamakai	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
sutur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tano	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
vranilova trava	Other	Native Med. Plants of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković, 2014)
wd. marjoram	Other	Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
wild majoram	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
wild marjoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
материнка	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
北茵陳	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
牛至	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering tops		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herba		Native Med. Plants of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković, 2014)
Leaf		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Herb		Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Roots		Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
herb	dried herb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
aerial part		Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
Whole plant	Oil	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf		ISO Catalogue (2009)
hojas y flores secas separadas de los tallos		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

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

Origanum floridum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 85 (1796), nom. superfl.
Thymus origanum Kuntze Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 106 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Organum vulgare L.	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
Origanum vulgare	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Origanum vulgare L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) 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. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native Med. Plants of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković, 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Origanum vulgare Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Origanum vulgare Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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