بابونج / قريعة / قُمَيْلَة /

بابونَج ذَهَبي / زِفيرَة / قريعة سيدنا موسى /

Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Flower buds
Preparation
  • Herbal tea
Blooming period
February to May
Foraging period
February
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Anti-catarrhal
  • Anti-spasmodic
  • Galactogogue
  • Sedative
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Matricaria
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q12195597
GBIF Item
Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip. (3103817)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  2. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  3. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.

Citation

Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/555 accessed via barari.org on 6/24/2025.

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