*Origanum vulgare* L.
[image: Origanum vulgare L.]

*or-RI-ga-num* -- Greek: *oros* (mountain), *ganos*
(beauty/brightness) ... Dave's
Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> • Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano>
*vul-GAIR-ee* -- common ... Dave's Botanary
<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/>

*commonly known as*: oregano, wild marjoram • *Arabic*: سعتر sa'tar •
*Bengali*: জংলী মরুয়া jungli marua • *Dogri*: मरुआ marua • *Hindi*:
बनतुलसी ban tulsi, सथ्रा sathra, मिरज़ानजोश mirzanjosh • *Kannada*: ಮರುಗ
maruga • *Kashmiri*: مرزن جوش मर्ज़नजोश marzan-josh, वन बबर van babbar •
*Konkani*: मिज्रीकांव mijrikamv • *Malayalam*: കാട്ടുമറുവ kaattumaruva •
*Nepali*: राम तुलसी raam tulasee, सजीवन sajiwan • *Odia*: ସପ୍ତଳା saptala,
ସାରା sara • *Punjabi*: ਮਿਰਜਨਜੋਸ਼ਾ mirzanjosha • *Sanskrit*: मरुवक maruvaka
• *Telugu*: మృదు మరువం mridumaruvamu • *Urdu*: صعتر satar, زعتر zatar


*botanical names*: *Origanum creticum* L. ... *accepted
infraspecifics*: *Origanum
vulgare* subsp. *vulgare* ... *synonyms*: *Origanum officinale* Gueldenst.
• *Origanum orientale* Mill. ... and more listed at Synonymic Checklist and
Distribution of the World Flora.
<https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list>
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid
permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise
their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites
may even close down at their own will.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
*oregano, wild marjoram*

   - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
   
<https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/38700fcc4b3be6826b1b3a1195c81a60/9c2ab57bb6728798c56ec636df9a8ed7>
   - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano> - The Free
   Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: *Arabic* (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ...
Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs_in_India>
*سعتر sa'tar*

   - A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam,
Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
*জংলী মরুয়া jungli marua*

   - উইকিপিডিয়া
   
<https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE>
   - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ...
spoken by the Dogras
*मरुआ marua*

   - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ...
   facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid021p8YjqEU1P6NcwwEhb8n3v65FLN2ZxQBY87S4K78rDos8h4pN9Bxjpn1Dwms4zgxl>

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*,
*Bihar*, *Madhya
Pradesh*, Rajasthan
*बनतुलसी ban tulsi*

   - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
   
<https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/38700fcc4b3be6826b1b3a1195c81a60/9c2ab57bb6728798c56ec636df9a8ed7>

*सथ्रा sathra, मिरज़ानजोश mirzanjosh*

   - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
   
<https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/38700fcc4b3be6826b1b3a1195c81a60/9c2ab57bb6728798c56ec636df9a8ed7>
   - मसाला बोर्ड भारत
   
<https://indianspices.com/hin/spice-catalog/%e0%a4%93%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8b>
   (Spices Board India)

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*
*ಮರುಗ maruga*

   - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
   
<https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/38700fcc4b3be6826b1b3a1195c81a60/9c2ab57bb6728798c56ec636df9a8ed7>
   - S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal
   plants of Mysore
   <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - Mandayam
   Digital Library
   - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus
   
<https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%97>
   created by V. Krishna
   - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist,
   Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
   
<https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf>
   1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: *Koshur* (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), *Devanagari* (कश्मीरी), ...
spoken in: *Kashmir*
*مرزن جوش मर्ज़नजोश marzan-josh*

   - A dictionary of the Kashmiri language
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/grierson/> by George Abraham
   Grierson
   - Flowers of India
   <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Oregano.html>, retrieved
   December 31, 2023
   - or *मिरज़ानजोश mirzanjosh* ... Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R
Fernandez - Edible
   Wild Plants of the Himalayas
   <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/mode/2up> - The Forest
   Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun

*वन बबर van babbar*

   - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ...
   facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid021p8YjqEU1P6NcwwEhb8n3v65FLN2ZxQBY87S4K78rDos8h4pN9Bxjpn1Dwms4zgxl>

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी), *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ),
Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ...
spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
*मिज्रीकांव mijrikamv*

   - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf>
   with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*
*കാട്ടുമറുവ kaattumaruva*

   - Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/233992863464738?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=691590214371665>
   - मसाला बोर्ड भारत
   
<https://indianspices.com/hin/spice-catalog/%e0%a4%93%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8b>
   (Spices Board India)
   - വികാസ്പീഡിയ
   
<https://ml.vikaspedia.in/agriculture/d38d41d38d4dd25d3fd30-d15d3ed30d4d200dd37d3fd15-d07d1fd2ad46d1fd32d41d15d33d4d200d/d38d2ed17d4dd30-d15d3ed30d4d200dd37d3fd15-d30d40d24d3fd15d33d4d200d/d15d3ed7cd37d3fd15-d35d3fd35d30d19d4dd19d7e/d15d43d37d3fd30d02d17d35d41d02-d05d31d3fd35d41d15d33d41d02>
   - Vikaspedia

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*,
*Assam*, *Sikkim*
*राम तुलसी raam tulasee*

   - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ...
   efloraofindia
   <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/ezpkeWrd0ng/m/A9BuKlaVAQAJ>
   - Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal
   <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200019922>
   - विकिपीडिया
   
<https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80>
   - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश

*सजीवन sajiwan*

   - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ...
   efloraofindia
   <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/ezpkeWrd0ng/m/A9BuKlaVAQAJ>
   - Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages
   <http://gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com/engl/Orig_vul.html>

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
*ସପ୍ତଳା saptala, ସାରା sara*

   - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab*
*ਮਿਰਜਨਜੋਸ਼ਾ mirzanjosha*

   - Chopra R. N. Glossary Of Indian Medicinal Plants
   <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507107/mode/2up> (1956)
   - मसाला बोर्ड भारत
   
<https://indianspices.com/hin/spice-catalog/%e0%a4%93%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8b>
   (Spices Board India)

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and
scholars
*मरुवक maruvaka*

   - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
   
<https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/38700fcc4b3be6826b1b3a1195c81a60/9c2ab57bb6728798c56ec636df9a8ed7>
   - ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥
   
<https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95>
   स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*
*మృదు మరువం mridumaruvamu*

   - Many thanks to A.Lalithamba for help with this name ... efloraofindia
   <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/MDSRxoTqvws/m/GqCuSUvDAwAJ>
   - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
   
<https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/38700fcc4b3be6826b1b3a1195c81a60/9c2ab57bb6728798c56ec636df9a8ed7>
   - Chopra R. N. Glossary Of Indian Medicinal Plants
   <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507107/mode/2up> (1956)

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Bihar,
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
*صعتر satar, زعتر zatar*

   - Flowers of India
   <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Oregano.html>, retrieved
   December 31, 2023

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
naturalised in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand; elsewhere
known for its use as spice

   - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist,
   Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
   
<https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf>
   1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
   - Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and
   Distribution of the World Flora.
   <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list>
   Version 18.3; last update Dec. 27th, 2023. Last accessed 30/12/2023.

~~~~~ Last updated: 31-12-2023 ~~~~~




Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/origanum-vulgare-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh


On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 1:25 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Names compiled / updated at
> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/origanum-vulgare-l.html
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>
> On Monday 7 August 2017 at 10:09:32 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
>
>> Superb presentation and efforts.
>>
>> On 06-Aug-2017 5:06 PM, "Dinesh Valke" <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> via Species
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>‎ > ‎O
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/o>‎ > ‎
>>> *Origanum vulgare* L. ... *family*: Lamiaceae
>>>
>>> [image: Origanum vulgare L.]
>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7840222810%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEgNYw35V9zzSytsR43sw4hvwuUNQ>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Flowers of India]
>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Frisearch%2Fsearch.php%3Fquery%3DOriganum%2Bvulgare%26stpos%3D0%26stype%3DAND&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHGDL_WrK4wQG6ejOdKzmVL6diH0w>
>>>  [image: Discussions at efloraofindia]
>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Origanum%20vulgare>
>>>  [image: more views in flickr]
>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DOriganumvulgare%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFta0V_ShvO1fZqHl-u6U30muu_xw>
>>>  [image: more views on Google Earth]
>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DOriganumvulgare%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEsq02yG4WdiyykqFteATj0McRoRA>
>>>
>>>
>>> *or-RI-ga-num* -- Greek: *oros* (mountain), *ganos* (beauty/brightness)
>>> ... Dave's Botanary
>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG93Ecd0XYbpgprMul1St6LS_r7lg>
>>>  • Wikipedia
>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOregano&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEi8iU1PqZkPbqqY3N1aIgLpeMRYQ>
>>> *vul-GAIR-ee* -- common ... Dave's Botanary
>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG93Ecd0XYbpgprMul1St6LS_r7lg>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *commonly known as*: oregano
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/oregano>
>>> , wild marjoram
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/wild-marjoram>
>>>  • *Gujarati*: અજમો ajamo
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/ajamo-ajamo>
>>> , જંગલી મરવો jungli marvo
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/jangali-maravo-jungli-marvo>
>>>  • *Hindi*: बनतुलसी ban tulsi
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/banatulasi-ban-tulsi>
>>> , सथ्रा sathra
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/sathra-sathra>
>>> , मिरज़ानजोश mirzanjosh
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/mirazanajosa-mirzanjosh>
>>>  • *Kannada*: ಮರುಗ maruga
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/maruga-maruga>
>>>  • *Kashmiri*: मर्ज़नजोश marzan-josh
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kashmiri/marzanajosa-marzan-josh>
>>>  • *Konkani*: ओवे ovey
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/ove-ovey>
>>>  • *Malayalam*: കാട്ടുമറുവ kattumaruva
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/kattumaruva-kattumaruva>
>>>  • *Marathi*: जंगली मरुआ jangali maruaa
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/jangali-maru-a-jangali-maruaa>
>>> , ओवा ova
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/ova-ova>
>>>  • *Nepali*: रामतुलसि raamtulasi
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/ramatulasi-raamtulasi>
>>> , सजीवन sajeevan
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/sajivana-sajeevan>
>>> , सथ्रा sathra
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/sathra-sathra>
>>>  • *Odia*: ସପ୍ତଳା saptala
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/saptala-saptala>
>>> , ସାରା sara
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/sara-sara>
>>>  • *Sanskrit*: मरुवक maruvaka
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/maruvaka-maruvaka>
>>>  • *Telugu*: మృదు మరువం mridumaruvamu
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/mrdu-maruvam-mridumaruvamu>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *botanical names*: *Origanum vulgare* L. ... *synonyms*: *Mentha
>>> formosana* (C.Marquand) S.S.Ying • *Micromeria formosana* C.Marquand • 
>>> *Oroga
>>> heracleotica* Raf. • *Thymus origanum* Kuntze ... and more at *The
>>> Plants List* (2013). Version 1.1.
>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl1.1%2Frecord%2Fkew-143954&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG-UV0QXh9RqjXKl_dtyS0Tmwjbnw>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> August 2, 2012 ... Valley of Flowers
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> Dinesh
>>>
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