WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants - travolekar.ru
WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants - travolekar.ru
WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants - travolekar.ru
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Aetheroleum Rosmarini<br />
Definiti<strong>on</strong><br />
Aetheroleum Rosmarini c<strong>on</strong>sists of the essential oil, obtained by steam<br />
distillati<strong>on</strong>, from the flowering aerial parts of Rosmarinus officinalis L.<br />
(Lamiaceae) (1).<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>yms<br />
No informati<strong>on</strong> was found.<br />
Selected vernacular names<br />
Alecrim, azir, biberine, biberye, boithran, comm<strong>on</strong> rosemary, echter Rosmarin,<br />
encensier, garden rosemary, gusmarino, hasalban, hatsa louban,<br />
hhassâ lubân, iklil, iklil el jabal, iklil kuhi, kusdilli, mannenrou, old man,<br />
romani, romarin, romero, romero blanco, rosmariin, rosmarina, Rosmarin,<br />
rosmarini, rosmarino, rosemary, tresmarino (2–4).<br />
Geographical distributi<strong>on</strong><br />
Native to Mediterranean regi<strong>on</strong> of Europe, and cultivated worldwide (4–7).<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />
A bushy, low, much branched, perennial sub-sh<strong>ru</strong>b attaining a height of<br />
about 1 m. Leaves leathery with fringed margin, 1.0–2.5 cm l<strong>on</strong>g, aromatic,<br />
evergreen, opposite, sessile, linear and coriaceous. Old branches<br />
brown in colour. Spiciform inflorescences of pale blue or light lilac flowers<br />
spotted with purple, with the two stamens projecting far bey<strong>on</strong>d the<br />
corolla (4, 5, 7).<br />
Plant material of interest: essential oil<br />
General appearance<br />
Clear, mobile, colourless to pale yellow liquid (1).<br />
Organoleptic properties<br />
Odour: characteristic (1).<br />
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