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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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Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Herbs | ||||||||||
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Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
Order | Lamiales | ||||||||||
Family | Lamiaceae | ||||||||||
Genus | Thymus | ||||||||||
Species | vulgaris | ||||||||||
Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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ITIS ID | 505501 | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Thymus vulgaris | ||||||||||
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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. |