botanical record · discovered
Marjoram
Origanum majorana
Marjoram · Sweet Marjoram · Echte marjolein · Garten-Majoran · Garten-Majoran (DE) · Have-merian · Maggiorana · Majerona · Majoran · Marduix · Marjolaine · Marjolaine des jardins · Mažuran
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Europe, Haiti, Spain, US
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Aphrodisiac, Bruise, Cancer, Carminative
Science studied: TRANS-ANETHOLE, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, BORON
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: Origanum majorana
Common names: Marjoram, Sweet Marjoram, Echte marjolein, Garten-Majoran, Garten-Majoran (DE), Have-merian, Maggiorana, Majerona, Majoran, Marduix, Marjolaine, Marjolaine des jardins, Mažuran
POWO: 453303-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Europe, Elsewhere, Haiti, Spain, US.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Aphrodisiac
- Bruise
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Diarrhea
- Digestive
- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
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- Expectorant
- Insomnia
- Paralysis
- Poison
- Spasm
- Sprain
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Lactogogue
- Sedative
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Europe
- Elsewhere
- Haiti
- Spain
- US
Documented cultural uses
- Aphrodisiac
- Bruise
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Diarrhea
- Digestive
- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
- Expectorant
- Insomnia
- Paralysis
- Poison
show 9 more documented entries
- Spasm
- Sprain
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Lactogogue
- Sedative
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Aphrodisiac · Turkey · "
- Bruise · Turkey · "
- Cancer · Europe · "
- Carminative · Turkey · "
- Diarrhea · Elsewhere · "
- Digestive · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Emmenagogue · Turkey · "
- Expectorant · Elsewhere · "
- Insomnia · Haiti · "
- Paralysis · Elsewhere · "
- Poison · Turkey · "
- Spasm · Spain · "
- Spasm · Turkey · "
- Sprain · Turkey · "
- Stimulant · Turkey · "
- Stomachic · Elsewhere · "
- Sudorific · Turkey · "
- Tonic · Turkey · "
- Ache(Tooth) · Elsewhere · "
- Cancer · US · "
- Bruise · Elsewhere · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Lactogogue · Turkey · "
2 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
- Phytofabricated Silver Nanoparticles from Origanum majorana: Anti-Pathogenic Activity and Biocompatibility Evaluation. · 2026 source ↗
- Polyphenol Diversity and Chemotype Variation in <i>Origanum majorana</i> and Related Species: Implications for Chemotaxonomic Differentiation, Standardisation and Genotype Selection. · 2026 source ↗
- Unlocking the therapeutic potential of Origanum majorana through GC-MS and computational analysis to identify EGFR inhibitors for breast cancer. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- TRANS-ANETHOLE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BORON
- CADINENE
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CITRAL
- P-CYMENE
- GAMMA-ELEMENE
- EO
- 1-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-2-ENE
- TRANS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE
- ETHYL-CAPRATE
- ETHYL-LINILENATE
- ETHYL-MYRISTATE
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- ETHYL-STEARATE
- ETHYL-TRANSHEXADECANOATE
- FAT
- FIBER
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- ALPHA-HYDROXYDIHYDROCAFFEIC-ACID
- IRON
- D-LINALOOL
- LINALOOL
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM
- MAJARONIN
- MANGANESE
- METHYL-CHAVICOL
- MYRCENE
- NERYL-ACETATE
- NIACIN
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHENOL
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- POTASSIUM
- ROSMARINIC-ACID
- SABINENE
- TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- TANNIN
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE
- D-ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- N-TRIACONTANE
- WATER
- ZINC
- CIS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- DINATIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- ESTRAGOLE
- ETHYL-LINOLEATE
- ETHYL-PALMITATE
- EUGENOL
- SODIUM
- TERPINENE
- TERPINENOL
- APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- BICYCLOGERMACRENE
- CARVACROL
- CHAVICOL
- COPPER
- DIOSMETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- 4-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE
- ETHYL-LAURATE
- ETHYL-OLEATE
- BETA-FARNESENE
- GERANIOL
- HYDROQUINONE
- LEDENE
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- CIS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- BETA-PINENE
- PROTEIN
- SAPONIN
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- URSOLIC-ACID-I
- PLANTEOSE
- CIS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- PENTOSANS
- URSOLIC-ACID-II
- ARBUTIN
- LUSITANICOSIDE
- TRANS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL
- URSOLIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- P-CYMEN-8-OL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- TRANS-PIPERITOL
- CALCIUM
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- LIMONENE
- ALLO-AROMADENDRENE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- 3-BETA-HYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->4)-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPESTEROL
- CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- DIOSMETIN-7-GLUCURONIDE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- LABIATIC-ACID
- METHYL-ARBUTIN
- OCIMENE
- STIGMASTEROL
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE
- 1,8-CINEOL
- ALPHA-ELEMENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- ANETHOLE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CIS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE
- CIS-P-MENTH-2-ENOL
- CIS-PIPERITOL
- CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-ACETATE
- CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-METHYL-ETHER
- CIS-Z-P-MENTHEN-1-OL
- COSMOSIIN
- CYNAROSIDE
- DIOSMETIN
- DIOSMETIN-7-O-BETA-GLUCURONIDE
- ETHYL-TRANS-HEXADECENOATE
- FIXED-OIL
- GERANIOL-ACETATE
- HYDROQUINONE-MONOMETHYL-ETHER
- LAURIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- LINALOOL-ACETATE
- LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE
- MAJORANIN
- MENTHA-1,3-DIENE
- MENTHOL
- MURWAOSIDE
- NEROL-ACETATE
- OLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- ORIENTIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- RUTIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- SYRINGIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- TERPINEN-4-OL-ACETATE
- TERPINEN-4-OL-METHYL-ETHER
- THYMOL
- TRANS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE
- TRANS-P-MENTH-2-ENOL
- TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-METHYL-ETHER
- TRANS-Z-P-MENTHEN-1-OL
- VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- VITEXIN
- (+)-CAR-3-ENE
- (+)-CARAN-TRANS-4-OL
- (+)-MENTHA-1,8-DIENE
- 1-ETHOXY-2-P-MENTHENE
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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