Plant Details

Accepted name:: Thymus serpyllum L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Thymus serpyllum subsp. serpyllum

Thymus serpyllum subsp. tanaensis (Hyl.) Jalas

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aajvayin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajagandhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ajoin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajwain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
backtimjan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balam jhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban ajoin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban ajwain	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
ban ajwayan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban-ajbadan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bana-ajavaina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banajwain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
breckland thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
breckland-garden	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bǎi lǐ xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
catre	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
common thyme	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
creeping thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
dì huā jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dì jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
eonajowan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
feldthymian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghra sparkay	Other	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
haashaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herba serpylli	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
hillwort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ipar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangali pudinaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangli ajwain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jawain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanesh	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
lemon thyme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mother of thyme	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mother-of-thyme	Other	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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pahari ajwain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
quendel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
quendelkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
satar farsi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
serpol	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serpolet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
serpylli herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
serpão	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
shān hú jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
thym sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
thyme	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
thymus serpyllum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
tim'jan polzučij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
timi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tomilho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tomillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
van ajvayin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanayavaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wild thyme	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) 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) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
ze3ter	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
地椒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
地花椒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山椒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山胡椒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
百里香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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)
flowering tops, leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Folium		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Whole plant, Leaves, Flower		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
Whole plant		Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
flowering aerial parts	whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf	essential oil	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flowering top	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Origanum serpyllum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 528 (1891).
Serpyllum vulgare Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 133 (1869).
Thymus campestris Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 85 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Thymus serphyllum L	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
Thymus serphyllum L.	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Thymus serpillum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Thymus serpyllum	Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
Thymus serpyllum L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Thymus serpyllum L.s.l.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Thymus serpyllum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Thymus serpyllum Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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