Dried leaves and stalks - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 46247 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 126.01 LABIATAE Zataria multiflora | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Dried leaves and stalks | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Iran | TDWG Region | Iran | ||
| Parts Held | Dried leaves and stalks | Geography Description | Persia | ||
| Uses | Dried leaves and stalksUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Cowan Dr JM | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1931 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: This small plant is found in the hills of Muscat in Arabia, Persia, and Baluchistan. This sp is allied to Z bracteata, which sometime bears the same vernacular names. The small thick orbicular and glandular-dotted leaves have the odour of, thymol, and are credited with the carminative properties of thyme and mint. In Baluchistan the plant is said to be good for stomach complaints. A sample of broken stems and a few leaves labelled 'marjanjust' from Teheran had the characters of this plant, . (See Stachys lavandulaefolia) (KB 1931. p344) | ||||