Origanum vulgare (leaf and flower)

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            | description=Aromatic, pungent, bitter.}}
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| description=Perennial herb, 0.3-0.5 M. (12-18') high; stem square, purplish, downy; leaves 2.5 Cm. (1') long, ovate, entire, pellucid-punctate, hairy beneath, flowers pale purple, calyx 5-toothed, corolla 2-lipped, 4 exserted didynanamous stamens.
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      | caption1=Needle crystals of calcium oxalate with in a covering trichome observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
 
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      | description= Oregano (leaf and flower) (''Origanum vulgare'' ssp. ''hirtum'')
 
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      | caption2=Large stellate trichomes observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
 
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      | characteristics=cellular structures identified in this botanical specimen are the needle crystals of calcium oxalate with in a covering trichome and large stellate trichomes when observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
 
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            | reference=British Pharmacopoeia, 2003
 
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Contents

Nomenclature

Botanical Voucher Specimen

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Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum Kew barcode=K001070104 617713.jpg
Source: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[1]

Organoleptic Characteristics

Aromatic, pungent, bitter.

Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [2]

Macroscopic Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.3-0.5 M. (12-18') high; stem square, purplish, downy; leaves 2.5 Cm. (1') long, ovate, entire, pellucid-punctate, hairy beneath, flowers pale purple, calyx 5-toothed, corolla 2-lipped, 4 exserted didynanamous stamens.

Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [3]

Microscopic Characteristics

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. ↑ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001070104
  2. ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
  3. ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
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