Melissa officinalis(MLSOF)
Overview Code created in: 2002-04-09
- EPPO Code: MLSOF
- Preferred name: Melissa officinalis
- Authority: Linnaeus
Mediterranean (northern), Black Sea, Central Asia. M. officinalis is widely cultivated (and naturalized), and used as a herbal tea or medicinally (for example in China). Subsp. altissima (q.v.) is a wild plant, from which subsp. officinalis was probably derived
WSSA list of weeds in North America
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Melissa officinalis subsp. officinalis | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| balm | English |
| bee balm | English |
| lemon balm | English |
| Zitronenmelisse | German |
| mélisse citronelle | French |
| mélisse officinale | French |
| piment des abeilles | French |
| abejera | Spanish |
| albedarumbre | Spanish |
| apiastro | Spanish |
| cedrón | Spanish |
| cidronela | Spanish |
| hierba limonera | Spanish |
| hierba luna | Spanish |
| hoja de limón | Spanish |
| limoncillo | Spanish |
| limonera | Spanish |
| melisa | Spanish |
| pasto de abejas | Spanish |
| té de calazo | Spanish |
| té de huerto | Spanish |
| tolongina | Spanish |
| toronjil | Spanish |
| toronjil cidrado | Spanish |
| toronjil de limón | Spanish |
| toronjina | Spanish |
| toronjuil falso | Spanish |
| appiastro | Italian |
| cedronella | Italian |
| erba cedrata | Italian |
| limoncina | Italian |
| melissa vera | Italian |
| citroenmelisse | Dutch |
| anafes | Portuguese |
| chá-da-frança | Portuguese |
| cidreira | Portuguese |
| citronela-menor | Portuguese |
| coroa-de-rei | Portuguese |
| erva-cidreira | Portuguese |
| erva-cidreira | Portuguese |
| limonete | Portuguese |
| melissa | Portuguese |
| citronmeliss | Swedish |
| remonbâmu | Japanese |
| レモンバーム | Japanese |
| лимонник | Russian |
| мелисса лекарственная | Russian |
| sitruunamelissa | Finnish |
| oğulotu | Turkish |
| melisah refu'it | Hebrew |
| מֵלִיסָה רְפוּאִית | Hebrew |
| melisa lekarska | Polish |
| citromfű | Hungarian |
| milcë | Albanian |
| melisa | Aragonese |
| tolongina | Aragonese |
| torongil | Aragonese |
| garraiska | Basque |
| маточина | Bulgarian |
| arangí | Catalan |
| bedaranjí | Catalan |
| cidrac | Catalan |
| citronella | Catalan |
| herba abellera | Catalan |
| herba cidra | Catalan |
| herba cidrera | Catalan |
| herba llimonera | Catalan |
| mlissa | Catalan |
| tarongina | Catalan |
| xiāng fēng huā | Chinese |
| 香蜂花 | Chinese |
| ljekoviti matičnjak | Croatian |
| meduňka lékařská | Czech |
| lus na meala | Irish |
| sitrunèla | Occitan |
| medovka lekárska | Slovak |
| navadna melisa | Slovene |
| меліса лікарська | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Lamiales (
1LAMO )
Family
Lamiaceae (
1LAMF )
Subfamily
Nepetoideae (
1NEPS )
Genus
Melissa (
1MLSG )
Species
Melissa officinalis (
MLSOF )