Monarda
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Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus is endemic to North America. Common names include bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea, the first being inspired by the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent of bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia). The genus was named for the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes, who wrote a book in 1574 describing plants of the New World.
Species
Monarda is een geslacht van vlinders uit de onderfamilie Smerinthinae van de familie pijlstaarten (Sphingidae).
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Research
101 papers- Unveiling the geroprotective potential of Monarda didyma L.: insights from in vitro studies and a randomized clinical trial on slowing biological aging and improving quality of life.GeroScience · 2025
- Monarda didyma Hydrolate Affects the Survival and the Behaviour of Drosophila suzukii.Insects · 2022
- The Volatile Phytochemistry of Monarda Species Growing in South Alabama.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
- Protective effect of Monarda didymaL. essential oil and its main component thymol on learning and memory impairment in aging mice.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
- Chemical composition, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Monarda didyma L. essential oil.PeerJ · 2022
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Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus is endemic to North America. Common names include bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea, the first being inspired by the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent of bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia). The genus was named for the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes, who wrote a book in 1574 describing plants of the New World.
== Description == Monarda species include annual and perennial herbaceous plants. They grow erect to heights of . The slender, serrated, lanceolate leaves are oppositely arranged on the square stem, hairless or sparsely hairy, and about long.