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Species of plant

Origanum onites
Origanum onites 'Aurea' in Wellington Botanical Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Origanum
Species: O. onites
Binomial name
Origanum onites
L.
Synonyms
  • Majorana cretica Mill.
  • Majorana onites (L.) Benth.
  • Majorana orega (Vogel) Briq.
  • Majorana oreja Walp.
  • Majorana smyrnaea (L.) T.Nees
  • Onites tomentosus Raf.
  • Origanum album Salisb. nom. illeg.
  • Origanum heracleoticum W.D.J.Koch nom. illeg.
  • Origanum orega Vogel
  • Origanum pallidum Desf.
  • Origanum smyrnaeum L.
  • Origanum tragoriganum Zucc. ex Steud. nom. inval.
  • Schizocalyx smyrnaeus (L.) Scheele

Origanum onites, the Cretan oregano, Greek oregano, pot marjoram or Ellinikí rίgani in Greek (Ελληνική ρίγανη), is a plant species in the genus Origanum found in Sicily, Greece and Turkey. It has similar flavors as common oregano.It has antimicrobial activities.

Chemistry

The plant contains the chemical compounds thymol, carvacrol and cedrol.

References

  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 May 2016
  2. ^ USDA GRIN Taxonomy, retrieved 12 May 2016
  3. Vokou, D.; Kokkini, S.; Bessière, J-M. (1988). "Origanum onites (Lamiaceae) in Greece: Distribution, Volatile Oil Yield, and Composition". Economic Botany. 42 (3): 407–412. doi:10.1007/BF02860163. JSTOR 4255090. S2CID 41665057.
  4. Sarac, N; Ugur, A (2008). "Antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of Origanum onites L., Origanum vulgare L. Subspecies hirtum (Link) Ietswaart, Satureja thymbra L., and Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Bal. Growing wild in Turkey". Journal of Medicinal Food. 11 (3): 568–73. doi:10.1089/jmf.2007.0520. PMID 18800908.

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