Marjoram Essential Oil - Origanum syriacum, Majorana hortensis

Marjoram Essential (Volatile) Oil

Marjoram: / ‘ma׃dζ∂r∂m || ‘mar-/ n [U] a plant (HERB) with sweet-smelling leaves used in cooking.

Latin (Botanical) name: Origanum syriacum L. = Origanum maru Boiss. = Origanum viridis L. = Origanum majorana L. = Origanum marjorana L. = Majorana hortensis Moench. = Marjorana hortensis Moench. = Mentha undulata Willd. = Majorana majorana (L.) Karst.

Common name: Marjoram, Origanum, Sweet marjoram, knotted marjoram, Marjolaine à coquilles, Marjolaine d’Orient, Bardaqoash, Za’atar.

Family: Labiatae, Lamiaceae (Mint family).

Method of extraction (Yield): Steam distilled from fresh or dry leaves, leaves with non-matured seeds (flowering plant tops).

Origin: Egypt.

Marjoram, common name for any of a genus of perennial herbs of the mint family. The herbs are cultivated for the highly aromatic young leaves, which are used either fresh or dried as a seasoning. The flowers, which are borne in spikes, have a five-toothed calyx (outer floral envelope) and a two-lipped corolla (inner floral envelope). Either two or four stamens (male flower part) and a solitary pistil (female flower part) are present. The fruit is an achene (dry and one-seeded). The wild marjoram, more commonly called oregano, is a perennial; sweet marjoram is an annual, or frost-free, perennial.

Scientific classification: Marjorams make up the genus Origanum, of the family Labiatae. Wild marjoram is classified as Origanum vulgare. Sweet marjoram is classified as Origanum majorana

Plant family: Labiatae A. Juss

► Labiatae A. Juss.

► Corolla bilabiate with 2 distinct lips.

► Stamens 4.

► Leaves undivided or lobed.

► Leaves with entire margin.

► Flowers in terminal dense, globose or shortly cylindrical heads (in Origanum isthmicum solitary).

► Leaves ovate.

► Genus ORIGANUM L.: Leaves ovate entire, flowers in terminal panicled heads.

► Flowers white in small heads.

► ORIGANUM SYRIACUM L. (= Origanum maru Boiss., not of L.): Leaves nearly sessile, densely hairy. Bracts small, 4-ranked, white-canescent. Flowers-heads often cylindrical, panicled. Of mint-small. The plant in Egypt represents v. aegyptiacum (L.) Täckh., more spreadingly hairy and less grey than the type. Perennial.

Source: STUDENTS’ FLORA OF EGYPT second edition, by VIVI TÄCKHOLM, D. Sc. (Stockholm) Professor of Systematic Botany, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Published by Cairo University. Printed by COOPERATIVE PRINTING COMPANY Beirut, 1974.

Oil specification:

Specific gravity: 0.890 - 0.916 at 25°C.

Refractive index: 1.465 – 1.485 at 20°C.

Carvacrol (2-hydroxy-4-isopropyltoluene), boiling point (b.p.) 237°C @ 760mm. pressure, is one of the constituents of Marjoram leaf essential (volatile) oil, from which it is obtained.

Perfumery note / Strength: Middle.

Blends With: Lavender, Lemongrass, Bergamot, Petit grain, Basil, Geranium, Rosemary, etc…

Action and Uses: Herbal (Traditional) medicine (dosage), Flavo(u)r, Fragrance and Aromatherapy (bath, massage, skin, hair, steam inhalation, vaporization, etc.)… Analgesic (pain), antiseptic, antioxidant, antispasmodic, antiviral, bactericidal, digestive, diuretic, expectorant, hypotensive, laxative, nervine, sedative, tonic, aphrodisiac.

Part used: Leaves and flowering tops for oil extraction.

Propagation: Fruits (seeds), cultivated perennial. Commercially in Upper Egypt.

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