Spiked Thyme / زعتر سبلة /
ثِمبرَة سُنبُليَّة / زعتر فارسي / زعيتمان / سباله /
Thymbra spicata L.
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Edibility and usage
Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
- Leaves
Preparation
- Herbal tea
- Pickled
Blooming period
April to
July
Foraging period
March to
July
Seed collection period
July to
October
Potential medicinal uses
- Antimicrobial
- Aromatic
- Tonic
- Vulnerary
Description
Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
- Crimson
- Pink
Leaf type
- Entire
Life form
- Chamaephyte
Scientifc data
Genus
Thymbra
Family
Lamiaceae
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern
References
- Tesdell, Imseeh, O., Othman, A., Othman, Y., Dowani, Y., Shqeirat, R., Bamieh, Y., Tesdell, E., Khouri, S. (2018). Palestinian Wild food plants. Ramallah: Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center (English and Arabic).
- Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
- Thymbra spicata L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.
- Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
- 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.
Citation
Thymbra spicata L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/647 accessed via barari.org on 5/10/2025.