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Origanum syriacum L.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Stems
Preparation
  • Bread
  • Herbal tea
  • Pickled
  • Spices mix
  • Za'tar mix
Blooming period
April to September
Foraging period
February to June
Seed collection period
August to October
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-catarrhal
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Anti-lithic
  • Anti-spasmodic
  • Antimicrobial
  • Hypotensive
  • Vulnerary
  • Diuretic

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pale pink
  • White
Leaf type
  • Egg-shaped
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Origanum L.
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q13714507
GBIF Item
Origanum syriacum L. (6411178)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. مردقوش سوري (28 نوفمبر 2021). ويكيبيديا. الاطلاع 31 أغسطس 2022 على 09:20. النسخة https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B4_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A&oldid=56014890
  2. Imseeh Tesdell, O., Othman, A., Othman, Y., Dowani, Y., Shqeirat, R., Bamieh, Y., Tesdell, E., Khouri, S.(2018).Palestinian Wild food plants.Ramallah(English and Arabic)
  3. Origanum syriacum L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  4. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  5. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  6. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  7. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  8. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  9. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
  10. Hadas, Rivka, and Alexandra Sirota. “An Overview of the Goals and Functions of the Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops.” Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 149–56.
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Citation

Origanum syriacum L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/585 accessed via barari.org on 4/1/2026.

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