botanical record · discovered
American Pennyroyal
Hedeoma pulegioides
American Pennyroyal · American false pennyroyal · American false pennyroyal (EN) · American pennyroyal · Amerikinė bitžolė · amerikansk poleja · hedeoma mätovitá · hédéoma faux-pouliot · pudding-grass · vallmynta · هديومة بلجيانية
At a glance
Origin / distribution: German, US(Amerindian), US, Dutch, US(Appalachia), English, French
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Ache(Head), Cold, Emmenagogue
Science studied: 1,8-CINEOLE, DECYLIC-ACID, EO, TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific name: Hedeoma pulegioides
Common names: American Pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal (EN), American pennyroyal, Amerikinė bitžolė, amerikansk poleja, hedeoma mätovitá, hédéoma faux-pouliot, pudding-grass, vallmynta, هديومة بلجيانية
POWO: 447676-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in German, US(Amerindian), US, Dutch, US(Appalachia), English, French.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Cold
- Emmenagogue
- Medicine
- Pertussis
- Pneumonia
- Sudorific
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- Colic
- Measles
- Stimulant
- Tea
- Carminative
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- German
- US(Amerindian)
- US
- Dutch
- US(Appalachia)
- English
- French
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Cold
- Emmenagogue
- Medicine
- Pertussis
- Pneumonia
- Sudorific
- Colic
- Measles
- Stimulant
- Tea
show 1 more documented entries
- Carminative
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Abortifacient · German · "
- Ache(Head) · US(Amerindian) · "
- Cold · US · "
- Emmenagogue · Dutch · "
- Emmenagogue · US · "
- Medicine · US(Appalachia) · "
- Pertussis · US(Amerindian) · "
- Pneumonia · US(Appalachia) · "
- Sudorific · US · "
- Colic · English · "
- Measles · US(Amerindian) · "
- Stimulant · English · "
- Tea · US(Amerindian) · "
- Carminative · French · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- DECYLIC-ACID
- EO
- TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- ISOHEPTYLIC-ACID
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- MENTHOFURAN
- METHYL-SALICYLATE
- MYRCENE
- 3-OCTANOL
- 3-OCTYL-ACETATE
- OCTYLIC-ACID
- ALPHA-PINENE
- SABINENE
- TANNIN
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- DIPENTENE
- FORMIC-ACID
- ACETIC-ACID
- GERMACRENE-D
- METHYLCYCLOHEXANONE
- 1-OCTEN-3-OL
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- DIOSMIN
- PIPERITENONE
- BETA-PINENE
- CINEOL
- 1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXAN-3-ONE
- GERANIOL
- JASMONE
- LINALOOL-ACETATE
- ISONEOMENTHOL
- (+)-ISOMENTHONE
- OCTAN-3-OL
- OCTAN-3-OL-ACETATE
- PUGELONE
- (+)-PULEGONE
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- ISOMENTHONE
- LIMONENE
- MENTHOL
- MENTHONE
- PIPERITONE
- PULEGONE
- (-)-LIMONENE
- (-)-MENTHONE
- (-)-ALPHA-PINENE
- LIMONENE-ACETATE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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