Satureja hortensis
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fec218c98f067667720 |
| Scientific name | Satureja hortensis |
| Authority | L. |
| First published in | Sp. Pl. : 568 (1753) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Dried aerial parts (leaves and stems) marketed as a culinary herb (summer savory) for seasoning.
- Essential oil, distilled from the fresh or dried aerial plant material, used as a flavoring and fragrance ingredient.
Industrial and craft applications:
- Essential oil incorporated as a fragrance component in soaps, detergents, shampoos, and other personal‑care formulations.
- Used as a natural flavoring in processed meat products, sauces, snack foods, and confectionery, and as an aromatic additive in candles and potpourri mixes.
Food and beverages (non‑medicinal):
- Fresh or dried herb employed in Mediterranean cuisine to season soups, stews, meat, poultry, and vegetable dishes.
- Added to pickles, marinades, herb‑infused vinegars, and spice blends such as “herbes de Provence.”
- Processed into dried herb‑powder for use in ready‑to‑cook mixes and seasoning packets.
Fragrance and cosmetics:
- Summer‑savory oil serves as a middle‑note fragrance in perfume compositions and in aromatherapy diffusers.
- Employed in toiletries including creams, lotions, and bath products for its warm, herbaceous aroma.
Properties relevant to use:
- The oil is rich in monoterpenes: carvacrol (≈30–45 %), thymol (≈8–15 %), p‑cymene (≈14–20 %), and γ‑terpinene (≈9–12 %).
- These phenolic and hydrocarbon constituents provide a characteristic aromatic profile and contribute to oxidative stability of flavor formulations.
Standards and regulation:
- FEMA lists the essential oil as GRAS 2995 for use as a food flavoring.
- EFSA (EU) has evaluated the oil (FGE.284) and authorized it as a flavoring substance under Regulation (EU) No 1334/2008.
- IFRA provides standards limiting the concentration of the oil in fragrance preparations to address potential skin‑sensitisation.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- Satureja hortensis is cultivated in Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East for both herb and oil production; it tolerates low‑input, dry‑land conditions and can be intercropped with legumes to support biodiversity.
- Hand‑harvested seed‑oil yields are modest (≈0.5–2 % w/w), prompting adoption of sustainable agronomic practices and habitat‑conservation measures to reduce pressure on wild populations.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Satureja altaica | Boriss. | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 15: 326 (1953) |
| Satureja brachiata | Stokes | Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 300 (1812) |
| Satureja filicaulis | Schott ex Boiss. | Fl. Orient. 4: 562 (1879) |
| Satureja laxiflora subsp. zuvandica | (D.A.Kapan.) D.A.Kapan. | Fl. Gruzii , ed. 2, 11: 188 (1987) |
| Satureja litwinowii | Schmalh. ex Lipsky | Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 4: 108. 1899 (1899) |
| Satureja officinarum | Crantz | Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 526 (1766) |
| Satureja pachyphylla | K.Koch | Linnaea 17: 295 (1844) |
| Satureja viminea | Burm.f. | Fl. Indica : 126 (1768) |
| Satureja zuvandica | D.A.Kapan. | Sakharthw. S.S.R. Mecniereb. Akad. Moambe 119: 375 (1985) |
| Thymus cunila | E.H.L.Krause | Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 11: 172 (1903) |
| Clinopodium hortense | Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891) |
| Clinopodium pachyphyllum | Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891) |
| Satureja hortensis var. distans | K.Koch | Linnaea 21: 667. 1849 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | summer savory |
| Spanish | hisopo montesino |
| Spanish | xedrea |
| Spanish | thymo de los antiguos |
| Spanish | satureya |
| Spanish | saturejia |
| Spanish | saturagón |
| Spanish | saturagon |
| Spanish | saborija |
| Spanish | aljedrea |
| Spanish | albahaca de tomillo |
| Spanish | ajedrea de jardin |
| Spanish | ajedrea blanca |
| Spanish | ajadrea de jardín |
| Spanish | ajadrea de jardin |
| Spanish | ajedrea de jardín |
| Spanish | hierba olivera |
| Arabic | الشَّطْرِيَةُ |
| Arabic | صعتر البر |
| Arabic | صعتر بري |
| Arabic | ندغ بستاني |
| Azerbaijani | dağınıqçiçək çölnanəsi |
| Azerbaijani | küftəotu |
| Azerbaijani | məzrə |
| Azerbaijani | dağınıqçiçək kəkotu |
| Belarusian | чабор |
| Belarusian | сатурэя садовая |
| Bulgarian | Градинска чубрица |
| Catalan | sajolida de jardí |
| Czech | saturejka zahradní |
| Welsh | safri |
| German | sommer-bohnenkraut |
| German | einfaches bohnenkraut |
| Esperanto | ĝardena satureo |
| Estonian | aed-piparrohi |
| Persian | مرزه |
| Finnish | kesäkynteli |
| Galician | segorella |
| Croatian | čubar |
| Upper Sorbian | popjerica |
| Upper Sorbian | bobowka |
| Upper Sorbian | poprica |
| Hungarian | borsikafű |
| Hungarian | csombord |
| Hungarian | borsika |
| Hungarian | csombor |
| Hungarian | kerti csombor |
| Hungarian | kerti csombord |
| Armenian | Կորթին պարտեզային |
| Korean | 여름세이버리 |
| Cornish | sawor hav |
| Lithuanian | daržinis dašis |
| Macedonian | градинарска чубрика |
| Norwegian Bokmål | sar |
| Dutch | scharekruid |
| Dutch | bonenkruid |
| Dutch | eenjarig bonenkruid |
| Dutch | peperkruid |
| Dutch | tuinbonenkruid |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | sar |
| Polish | cząber ogrodowy |
| Portuguese | segurelha-dos-jardins |
| Romanian | cimbru |
| Russian | или Чабер душистый |
| Russian | Чабер садовый |
| Russian | чабер душистый |
| Slovak | saturejka záhradná |
| Slovenian | vrtni šetraj |
| Serbian | чубар |
| Swedish | sommarkyndel |
| Turkish | sater |
| Ukrainian | чабер садовий |
| Uzbek | jambil |
| Walloon | såriete des cortis |
| Chinese | 夏香薄荷 |
| Chinese | 夏季香薄荷 |
| Chinese | 园圃塔花 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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No germination or propagation data was added yet.
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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Arabian Peninsula
- Gulf States
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Caucasus
- Transcaucasus
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China
- Xinjiang
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Middle Asia
- Kazakhstan
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Russian Far East
- Primorye
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Siberia
- Altay
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Western Asia
- Turkey
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Arabian Peninsula
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Asia-tropical click to expand
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Indian Subcontinent
- West Himalaya
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Indian Subcontinent
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Europe click to expand
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Eastern Europe
- Central European Russia
- East European Russia
- Krym
- South European Russia
- Ukraine
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Middle Europe
- Czechoslovakia
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Southeastern Europe
- Albania
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Italy
- Yugoslavia
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Southwestern Europe
- Baleares
- Corse
- France
- Portugal
- Spain
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Eastern Europe
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Northern America click to expand
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North-central U.S.A.
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- New York
- Vermont
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South-central U.S.A.
- Texas
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North-central U.S.A.
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Southern America click to expand
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Caribbean
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
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Caribbean
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000304214 |
| UNII | 9323T4AS5L |
| Canadensys | 6452 |
| USDA Plants | SAHO3 |
| Tropicos | 17600323 |
| INPN | 120901 |
| Flora of Italy | 4570 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:457680-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-185680 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 382249 |
| Observations.org | 7411 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 49987 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0200003075 |
| Nature Serve | 2.139501 |
| IPNI | 457680-1 |
| iNaturalist | 58460 |
| GBIF | 2926885 |
| Freebase | /m/06b8z1 |
| WisFlora | 7632 |
| EPPO | STIHO |
| EOL | 579694 |
| Elurikkus | 7069 |
| USDA GRIN | 33176 |
| Wikipedia | Summer_savory |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| Name | PubChem ID | Canonical SMILES | MW | Found in | Proof |
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| > Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Branched unsaturated hydrocarbons | |||||
| Gamma-Terpinene | 7461 | Click to see | 136.23 | unknown |
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2002.9699754 |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids | |||||
| Myrcene | 31253 | Click to see | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids | |||||
| Carvacrol | 10364 | Click to see CC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C(C)C)O | 150.22 | unknown |
https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2002.9699754 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| Carvacryl methyl ether | 80790 | Click to see | 164.24 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| P-Cymene | 7463 | Click to see | 134.22 | unknown |
https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.188201501176 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2002.9699754 |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids | |||||
| (+-)-alpha-Pinene | 6654 | Click to see | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| alpha Thujene | 6451618 | Click to see | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| alpha-Thujene | 17868 | Click to see | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| Beta-Pinene | 14896 | Click to see | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids | |||||
| 1-Cyclohexene-1-methanol, alpha,alpha,4-trimethyl- | 86752 | Click to see | 154.25 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9699515 |
| alpha-PHELLANDRENE | 7460 | Click to see CC1=CCC(C=C1)C(C)C | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| Alpha-Terpinene | 7462 | Click to see | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
| Beta-Phellandrene | 11142 | Click to see CC(C)C1CCC(=C)C=C1 | 136.23 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3 |
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| In public collections | 0 |