name: Common Oregano

flavor_db_name_variants: common oregano

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Common oregano

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name_scientific: Origanum vulgare

description: Oregano (scientific name Origanum vulgare) is a common species of Origanum, a genus of the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to warm-temperate western and southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean region. Oregano is an important culinary herb, used for the flavour of its leaves, which can be more flavourful when dried than fresh. It has an aromatic, warm and slightly bitter taste, which can vary in intensity. Good quality oregano may be strong enough almost to numb the tongue, but the cultivars adapted to colder climates often have a lesser flavor. Factors such as climate, seasons and soil composition may affect the aromatic oils present, and this effect may be greater than the differences between the various species of plants. Among the chemical compounds contributing to the flavour are carvacrol, thymol, limonene, pinene, ocimene, and caryophyllene

itis_id: 32632

wikipedia_id: Oregano

picture_file_name: 124.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 45859

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:28:53.000Z

legacy_id: 131

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:21.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:16.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 39352

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00124