Description

Origanum majorana is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavors. It has many chemical components, some of which are borneol, camphor, and pinene.

Scientific classitication

Family: Lamiaceae

Genus: Origanum

Common Name

Gan Niu Zhi, Ma Yu Lan

Reference

Bornowski, N., Hamilton, J. P., Liao, P., Wood, J. C., Dudareva, N., & Buell, C. R. (2020). Genome sequencing of four culinary herbs reveals terpenoid genes underlying chemodiversity in the Nepetoideae. DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes, 27(3), dsaa016.