botanical record · discovered
Common Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
Common Thyme · Garden Thyme · Thyme · Cimbru de câmp · Echte tijm · Echter Thymian · Echter Thymian, Gewürz-Thymian · English Thyme · English thyme · Ezkai · Farigoule · Frigoule · Garden thyme · Garten-Thymian
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Mediterranean, Turkey, Europe, China, Haiti, Bahamas, UK, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antiseptic, Antitussive, Bronchitis, Cancer
Science studied: ALANINE, APIGENIN, ASH, L-BORNEOL
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: Thymus vulgaris
Common names: Common Thyme, Garden Thyme, Thyme, Cimbru de câmp, Echte tijm, Echter Thymian, Echter Thymian, Gewürz-Thymian, English Thyme, English thyme, Ezkai, Farigoule, Frigoule, Garden thyme, Garten-Thymian
POWO: 461765-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Mediterranean, Turkey, Elsewhere, Europe, China, Haiti, Bahamas, UK and 4 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antiseptic
- Antitussive
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Colic
- Demulcent
- Diaphoretic
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- Expectorant
- Fungicide
- Repellant(Insect)
- Labor
- Laryngitis
- Lung
- Nervine
- Pectoral
- Pertussis
- Rubefacient
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Spice
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Depurative
- Gargle
- Liniment
- Stimulant
- Tumor(Digestive)
- Anodyne
- Cough
- Diuretic
- Apertif
- Digestive
- Mouthwash
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Mediterranean
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Europe
- China
- Haiti
- Bahamas
- UK
- Spain
- Belgium
- Hungary
- Dominican Republic
Documented cultural uses
- Antiseptic
- Antitussive
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Colic
- Demulcent
- Diaphoretic
- Expectorant
- Fungicide
- Repellant(Insect)
- Labor
show 22 more documented entries
- Laryngitis
- Lung
- Nervine
- Pectoral
- Pertussis
- Rubefacient
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Spice
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Depurative
- Gargle
- Liniment
- Stimulant
- Tumor(Digestive)
- Anodyne
- Cough
- Diuretic
- Apertif
- Digestive
- Mouthwash
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Antiseptic · Mediterranean · "
- Antiseptic · Turkey · "
- Antitussive · Elsewhere · "
- Bronchitis · Turkey · "
- Bronchitis · Elsewhere · "
- Cancer · Europe · "
- Carminative · China · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Colic · Haiti · "
- Demulcent · Turkey · "
- Diaphoretic · China · "
- Expectorant · Turkey · "
- Fungicide · Elsewhere · "
- Repellant(Insect) · Elsewhere · "
- Labor · Bahamas · "
- Laryngitis · China · "
- Lung · Turkey · "
- Lung · UK · "
- Nervine · Turkey · "
- Pectoral · Turkey · "
- Pertussis · Haiti · "
- Pertussis · China · "
- Pertussis · Spain · "
- Rubefacient · Elsewhere · "
25 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Electrochemical quantification of thymol in Thymus vulgaris essential oil with a 3D-printed electrode. · 2026 source ↗
- Quality Evaluation of Commercial Products Marketed as Thymus vulgaris L. Essential Oil According to European Pharmacopoeia 10.0 Criteria · 2026 source ↗
- Thyme essential oil (Thymus vulgaris) modulates methane mitigation and rumen fermentation in vitro: a dose-response study. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALANINE
- APIGENIN
- ASH
- L-BORNEOL
- BORON
- BETA-CADINENE
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CAR-3-ENE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CARVACROL
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHROMIUM
- CINEOLE
- CIRSILINEOL
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- CITRAL
- COBALT
- P-CYMENE
- CYSTINE
- 8-DEMETHYL-THYMONIN
- 4,4'-DIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,6-DIONE
- 5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8,3'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 4'5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- DIOSMETIN
- ERIODICTYOL
- EUGENOL
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- GALLIC-ACID
- GERANIOL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- HEX-5-EN-1-OL
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 4'-HYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,4-DIONE
- 5-HYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- ALPHA-HYDROXY-LINOLENIC-ACID
- IRON
- ISOEUGENOL
- KAEMPFEROL
- KILOCALORIES
- LABIATIC-ACID
- LINALOOL
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LITHOSPERMIC-ACID
- LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- METHIONINE
- 8-METHOXY-CIRSILINEOL
- MYRCENOL-8-ACETATE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NEROLIDOL
- NIACIN
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PLANTEOSE
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- RESIN
- ROSMARINIC-ACID
- SILICON
- SODIUM
- SYRINGOYL-GLUCOSE
- TANNIN
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- BETA-TERPINEOL
- GAMMA-TERPINEOL
- 3,3',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL
- THREONINE
- THYMONIN
- THYMUNIC-ACID
- THYMUSAPONIN
- TIN
- N-TRIACONTANE
- 2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3,1,1)-HEPTA-2-ENE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- URSOLIC-ACID
- VALINE
- WATER
- ZINC
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- COPPER
- ISOTHYMONIN
- 3,4,4'-TRIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- ALUMINUM
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- CHRYSOERIOL
- CIRSIMARITIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- EO
- GLYCINE
- 6-HYDROXY-LUTEIN
- ISOLEUCINE
- LEUCINE
- LITHIUM
- LUTEOLIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE
- MYRCENE
- NARINGENIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SYRINGIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- 4-TERPINEOL
- THIAMIN
- TRANS-4-THUJANOL
- VANILLIC-ACID
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- AMYL-ALCOHOL
- MANGANESE
- MYRCENOL-8
- THYMOL
- THYMOL-METHYL-ETHER
- SALICYLATES
- THYMYL-ACETATE
- CAPRIC-ACID
- LAURIC-ACID
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- FIBER
- 4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID
- 5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE
- ANETHOLE
- BORNEOL-ACETATE
- ISOBORNEOL
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAR-4-ENE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- COSMOSIIN
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- 1,8-CINEOL
- COUMARIN
- CUMINYL-ALCOHOL
- CYNAROSIDE
- EUDESMOL
- FIXED-OIL
- P-CYMEN-8-OL
- 4-HYDROXYBENZOYL-GLUCOSE
- GENKWANIN
- GERMACRONE
- 6-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-D1-GLUCOSIDE
- 4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- OCIMENE
- SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- SCLAREOL
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- LIMONENE
- MENTHONE
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- SELENIUM
- THIAMINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- CAMPESTEROL
- MONOTERPENES
- PHENOLS
- SAPONINS
- STIGMASTEROL
- THUJAN-4-OL
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
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- 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 ↗
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