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Lamiaceae - summer savory, Sommer-Bohnenkraut, Kölle

Much-branched annual herb of the eastern Mediterranean region, 10-30cm high; leaves lanceolate; flowers axillary, small (4-6mm), white to pink.

„Summer savory is a characteristic ingredient of herbes de Provence… preferred over winter savory for use in sausages because of its sweeter, more delicate aroma. It plays an important role in Bulgarian cuisine, providing a strong and pungent flavor to the most simple and the most extravagant of dishes.“ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_savory

Steam distillation of the leaves give 0.3-1.5% of an essential oil with main constituents carvacrol, thymol, p-cymene and gamma-terpinene.

„The essential oils from 20 samples of wild and cultivated collections of Satureja hortensis L. were investigated by GC and GC/MS. The oils from cultivated forms contained carvacrol (42–63%) as the major constituent. Thymol (29–43%) was the main component in the wild forms of S. hortensis.“ [A Comparative Study of the Essential Oils of Wild and Cultivated Satureja hor tensis L. Baser, K. H. C., et al., Journal of essential oil Research, Vol.16 (5), 2004, 422-424]