Common name: Sweet Marjoram

Latin name: Origanum majorana L.

Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Other names: Engl.: sweet marjoram, knotted marjoram, marjoram. Deu.: Majoran, Mairan, Wurstkraut. Suom.: maustemeirami, meirami. Sven.: mejram, kloka gumman, myrrah, origano, sluga gubbem. Fran.: marjolaine. Port.: manjerona. Span.: mejorana. Bot. syn.: Majorana hortensis Moench, Majorana majorana (L.) Karst., Origanum majoranoides Willd.

It was formerly classified as Majorana hortensis Moench.

Interesting to note that the Tunisians call their Marjoram Khezama, which is Arabic for Lavender