Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyLamiaceae
GenusMarrubium
Scientific name with authorshipMarrubium vulgare L.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Marrubium album GarsaultMarrubium album St.-Lag., 1889Marrubium apulum Ten.Marrubium ballotoides Boiss. & BalansaMarrubium germanicum Schrank ex Steud.Marrubium germanicum Schrank, 1789Marrubium hamatum KunthMarrubium hyperleucum CandargyMarrubium hyperleucum var. brevidens CandargyMarrubium hyperleucum var. comosum CandargyMarrubium kusnetzowii N.P.Popov, 1916Marrubium lanatum Kunth, 1832Marrubium propinquum Benth.Marrubium uncinatum StokesMarrubium vaillantii Coss. & Germ.Marrubium vulgare subsp. apulum (Ten.) H.Lindb.Marrubium vulgare subsp. vulgareMarrubium vulgare var. apulum (Ten.) K.KochMarrubium vulgare var. apulum (Ten.) NymanMarrubium vulgare var. apulum (Ten.) Trevir.Marrubium vulgare var. caucasicum K.KochMarrubium vulgare var. gossypinum NábelekMarrubium vulgare var. lanatum Benth.Marrubium vulgare var. microphyllum BaguetMarrubium vulgare var. oligodon BarratteMarrubium vulgare var. oligodon Rech.f.Marrubium vulgare var. vaillantii (Coss. & Germ.) P.Fourn.Prasium marrubium E.H.L.KrauseSalvia fulgens subsp. unranked (Kunth) Voss
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Invertebrate food
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier449990-1
Use codesEU HF IF ME
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionEuropean Red List of Medicinal PlantsUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Malaria and Fever in Latin America
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.