Marjoram EO Organic
Origin: Egypt
Product range : Essential Oils
Process : Water steam distillation process
Part used : Flowers
Aspect : Transparent
Color : Yellow Green Light
Application : Food, Aromatherapy, Fragrance
Geographical origin : Egypt
Certifications : Kosher
- Details and product descriptionIntroduction:
This is a small fragile plant, in clumps 20 to 50 cm high with a very aromatic fragrance. Marjoram is hardy in North Africa, biennial in the Mediterranean area, but does not reproduce in the Paris area. It flowers in July/ August; they are almost invisible, pinkish-white coloured, grouped in globular spikes of shell-like curved bracts. It has an erect, angular and hairy stem. Its greyish-coloured leaves are hairy on both sides and the bracts in small shell-like form, helping to distinguish marjoram from oregano, which has pink flowers and no shell-like bracts.
History:It was cultivated in ancient Egypt 3000 years ago, where it was called the Osiris plant. It was also cultivated in Greece and Italy where it was used in crown making and as an aromatic and medicinal plant. Sweet marjoram has grown so profusely in Sicily that it remains to this day on the oat of arms of the ancient city of Marjora from which it gets its name. It began to be cultivated in France in the Middle Ages but was progressively forgotten until, at the beginning of the XVIIth century, its name was stolen by the native common oregano (which is why centuries later confusion still persists). It remains in use in other countries of central and southern Europe. The name Origanum, from the Greek "origanos" comes from "oros" = mountain and "ganos" = glamour, that is, "the plant embellishing the mountains."
