Thyme-leaved Savory / زعتر بيض / زعتر رومي /

النمّام / زعتر الحمار / زعتر حمير / زعتمان / ندغ البساتين / ندغ زعتري / نَدْغ سَعْتَري / نَمّام الملك /

Satureja thymbra L.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Cooked with eggs
  • Herbal tea
  • Pickled
  • Za'tar mix
Blooming period
March to May
Foraging period
January to March
Seed collection period
June to September
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Expectorant
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Crimson
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Satureja
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q12248164
GBIF Item
Satureja thymbra L. (3902859)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Tesdell, Imseeh, O., Othman, A., Othman, Y., Dowani, Y., Shqeirat, R., Bamieh, Y., Tesdell, E., Khouri, S. (2018). Palestinian Wild food plants. Ramallah: Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center (English and Arabic).
  2. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  3. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  4. 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.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.

Citation

Satureja thymbra L. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/626 accessed via barari.org on 4/23/2024.

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