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Marrubium vulgare L.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to June
Seed collection period
July to August
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-catarrhal
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Expectorant
  • Hepatic
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary
  • Diuretic

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • White

Scientifc data

Genus
Marrubium L.
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q157631
GBIF Item
Marrubium vulgare L. (2927069)

Notes

منقوع الاوراق و القمم المزهرة يستخدم لعلاج نزلات البرد و كطارد بلغم و مدر للبول و طارد للريح و مقو

References

  1. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  2. Marrubium vulgare L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-08.
  3. Ghazanfar, Shahina A., and Chris Thorogood. A Herbal of Iraq. Kew Publishing, 2022.
  4. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. 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.
  7. Licata, Mario, Teresa Tuttolomondo, Claudio Leto, Giuseppe Virga, Giuseppe Bonsangue, Ignazio Cammalleri, Maria Gennaro, and Salvatore La Bella. “A Survey of Wild Plant Species for Food Use in Sicily (Italy).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12

Citation

Marrubium vulgare L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/808 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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