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Lamiaceae - syn. B.alba L., B.foetida Lam., B.ballota Lutz., Marrubium nigrum Crantz.; black hemp-nettle, black horehound, stinking horehound, Schwarznessel, Anderbrume, Gottvergess, Schwarzer Andorn, Stinkandorn
Perennial herbaceous plan, 0.30-1m high, native to Europe. http://eol.org/pages/579636/maps
„The plant was described by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum (May 1753). The name Ballota comes from the Greek ballo (to reject), because of the strong offensive odor of the plant; cattle will not eat it. The specific name nigra could refer to the black colour of dried leaves.
The common name comes from the Old English words har, meaning „downy or hoary“, and hune, meaning the plant itself. This name refers to the hairs that give the herb its distinctive appearance. In modern times, alternative medicine practitioners have referred to the plant as „seed of Horus“[1] and suggested that horehound takes its name from Horus, the Egyptian sun god.
Ballota nigra is a nitrophilous plant; it grows in ruins, fallows and hedges, up to 1300 m.“ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballota_nigra
Used in folk medicine as mild sedative for spasmodic cough, nervousness, and mild insomnia. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarznessel
The plant contains diterpenoid alkaloids of the labdan type: Ballotinone (7-oxomarrubiin), ballotenol, and 7α-Acetoxymarrubiin.
[The structure of ballotenol, a new diterpenoid from Ballota nigra. Giuseppe Savona, Franco Piozzi, James R. Hanson and Michael Siverns, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1977, 497-499]
[Structures of three new diterpenoids from Ballota species. Giuseppe Savona, Franco Piozzi, James R. Hanson and Michael Siverns, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1977, 322-324]