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Commemorative

Teucrium is named after Teucer (who lived in the era between 1400 and 1000 BC) the first King of Troy.
Oakeley, Dr. Henry F. (2013). Wellcome Library notes. link

Medicinal

Culpeper: ‘Marum. Herb Mastich ... good against cramps and convulsions.
Culpeper, Nicholas. (1650). A Physical Directory . London, Peter Cole.

Other use

Attractive to cats
Mabberley, D.J. (1997) The Plant Book, ed.2, Cambridge University Press 707

Notes: The most potent catnip of them all ... presumably contains a feline aphrodisiac as it apparently makes cats go into ecstasies. Try using to bring your cat in at night and if this does not work, try Nepeta cataria.
Oakeley, Dr. H. F. . (2013). The Gardens of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. link

Teucrium marum L. Lamiaceae Cat Thyme Distribution: Europe. Teucrium is named after Teucer (who lived in the era between 1400 and 1000 BC) the first King of Troy. Dioscorides named a medicinal herb after Teucer, and Linnaeus consolidated this in 1753. Assume property is the same as Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys.
Oakeley, Dr. Henry F. (2013). Wellcome Library notes. link

Notes by Henry Oakeley from Lindley's 'Flora Medica' (1838): Lindley says that it ‘seems to be a genuine feline aphrodisiac; its active properties deserve investigation’.
Lindley, John. (1838). Flora Medica, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans

Geographical distribution

  • Europe, Southeastern Europe, Italy
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe, Baleares
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe, Corse

Teucrium marum L.

Family: LAMIACEAE
Genus: Teucrium
Species: marum L.
Common names: Cat Thyme
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Marum
Distribution summary: W.Mediterranean
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Europe & Mediterranean (E), Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 'Leaves' (HSE 5B)
Reason for growing: Medicinal


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