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botanical illustration of Douglas' Savory, Satureja douglasii

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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

Satureja douglasii
Satureja douglasii · Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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 ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

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