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Teucrium polium L.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Stems
Preparation
  • Herbal tea
Blooming period
April to August
Foraging period
February to April
Seed collection period
July to October
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Cholagogue
  • Choleretic
  • Hepatic
  • Sedative
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Cream
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Teucrium
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q2415298
GBIF Item
Teucrium polium L. (3887764)

References

  1. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Teucrium+polium>
  2. Teucrium polium L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.
  3. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  6. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  7. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  8. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  9. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
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Citation

Teucrium polium L. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/645 accessed via barari.org on 5/4/2024.

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