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General Information

Name

Common thyme

Scientific Name

Thymus vulgaris

Description

Thymus vulgaris or common thyme is a low growing herbaceous plant, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. It is native to southern Europe, where it is often cultivated as a culinary herb. It typically grows as a sub-shrub, between 15 and 20 cm tall.

Primary ID

FOOD00183

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Classification

Group

Herbs and Spices

Sub-Group

Herbs

Taxonomy

Superkingdom

Eukaryota

Kingdom

Viridiplantae

Phylum

Streptophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Thymus

Species

vulgaris

Variety

Not Available

External Links

ITIS ID

505501

Wikipedia ID

Thymus vulgaris

Composition

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Macronutrients

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References

Content Reference

— Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004).
— U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.
— Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070.
— Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181.