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Botanical aspects of oregano

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The condiment name “oregano” should be understood to refer, not to any one species but to a particular spice flavor, furnished by plants of several genera in different parts of the world. About one-half of the amount used in the United States comes chiefly from Mexico as dried leaves and flowers of Lippia graveolens; the rest from several species of Origanum in several European countries.

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Calpouzos, L. Botanical aspects of oregano. Econ Bot 8, 222–233 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984891

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