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Douglas' Savory
Satureja douglasii
Douglas' Savory · indiankyndel · yerba buena
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Canada(Salish)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Blood, Deodorant, Tea
Science studied: BICYCLOGERMACRENE, BETA-BOURBONENE, 1,8-CINEOLE, P-CYMENE
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: Satureja douglasii
Common names: Douglas' Savory, indiankyndel, yerba buena
History
The source record documents this plant in Canada(Salish).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Blood
- Deodorant
- Tea
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Canada(Salish)
Documented cultural uses
- Blood
- Deodorant
- Tea
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
- Shade-avoidance responses in two common coastal redwood forest species, Sequoia sempervirens (Taxodiaceae) and Satureja douglasii (Lamiaceae), occurring in various light quality environments. · 1999 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BICYCLOGERMACRENE
- BETA-BOURBONENE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- P-CYMENE
- METHYL-CARVACROL
- MYRCENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- PIPERITENONE
- SABINENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- DELTA-CADINENE
- GERMACRENE-D
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- LINALOL
- TRANS-OCIMENE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- THYMOL
- EO
- CIS-OCIMENE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- ISOMENTHONE
- LIMONENE
- MENTHONE
- PIPERITONE
- PULEGONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images

Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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