EPPO Global Database

Myrtus communis(MYVCO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MYVCO
  • Preferred name: Myrtus communis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Madeira), Mediterranean (except southeast), Ethiopia, Western Asia, India. Cultivated as an ornamental and aromatic plant. Introduced in South Africa


Common names
Name Language
common myrtle English
myrtle English
true myrtle English
Brautmyrte German
echte Myrte German
gewöhnliche Myrte German
herbe du lagui French
myrte French
myrte commun French
myrte juif French
nerte French
arrayán Spanish
arrayán blanco Spanish
arrayán común Spanish
arrayán morisco Spanish
astruc Spanish
jazmin de Arabia Spanish (NI)
mata gallinas Spanish
mirto Spanish
mirto común Spanish
murtal Spanish
murtera Spanish
murtonera Spanish
murtrón Spanish
mirto Italian
mirto comune Italian
mortella Italian
gewone mirt Dutch
gorreiro Portuguese
mata-pulgas Portuguese
mirta Portuguese
mirto Portuguese
mitra Portuguese
murta Portuguese
murta-comum Portuguese
murta-ordinária Portuguese
murteira Portuguese
murtinheira Portuguese
murtinhos Portuguese
trovisco Portuguese
trovisco-fêmea Portuguese
trovisqueiro Portuguese
vanlig myrten Swedish
мирт обыкновенный Russian
mersin Turkish
hadas matzui Hebrew
הֲדַס מָצוּי Hebrew
mirt zwyczajny Polish
mërsinë Albanian
mitre Basque
мирта Bulgarian
murta Catalan
murtera Catalan
obična mrča Croatian
mirteira Galician
murteira Galician
μυρτιά κοινή Greek
mirta Occitan
mirtre Occitan
nèrta Occitan
navadna mirta Slovene
мирт звичайний Ukrainian