Taxon:
Origanum majorana L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:590. 1753
Verified:
05/11/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
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Common names
English
pot marjoram – sweet marjoram – Dutch
marjolein – French
marjolaine – German
Majoran – Italian
maggiorana – Portuguese
manjerona – Spanish
mejorana – Swedish
mejram – Transliterated Arabic
marzanjush – Transliterated Russian
mayoran sadovyj –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | s. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | sometimes natzd., especially in Mediterranean region |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Turkey (s.)
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(sometimes natzd., especially in Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
essential oils (fide Ency CNatIn) – Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –