Veined Savory / زعتر ناعم / شاي عراق معرق /

Nerved Savory / أشنان داوود / إنفة / الحشيشة المقدسة / جسمي / زوفا / سيف / شاي أبو درج / شاي وعر /

Micromeria nervosa (Desf.) Benth.

Edibility and usage

Edibility

Edible

Edible part

Flowers
Leaves

Preparation

Herbal tea

Blooming period

February to May

Foraging period

December to April

Seed collection period

June to August

Potential medicinal uses

Anti-catarrhal
Anti-inflammatory
Aromatic
Carminative
Expectorant
Nervine
Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Crimson
Pink

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Micromeria Benth.

Family

Lamiaceae

Wikidata item

Q15341835

GBIF Item

Micromeria nervosa (Desf.) Benth. (5606270)

References

Al-Qura’n, S. A. (2010). Ethnobotanical and ecological studies of wild edible plants in Jordan. Libyan Agriculture Research Center Journal International, 1(4), 231-243.
Micromeria nervosa (Desf.) Benth. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-30.
Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
Oran, S. A., & Al-Eisawi, D. (2015). Ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal plants in the central mountains (North-South) in Jordan. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, 6(3), 381-400.
Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،مخول، س.(1999).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الثانية).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Micromeria nervosa (Desf.) Benth. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/798 accessed via barari.org on 4/20/2024.