Analyzing the Name of "Badranjboyeh" in the Iranian Ethnobotany

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Payame Noor University, Iran.

10.22091/ethc.2025.11982.1046

Abstract

Objective: "Badranjboyeh" is a challenging name in the local knowledge of medicinal plants of Iran, so that in the market of medicinal plants, the use of this name is common for several different species, and even in some scientific sources, the name Badranjboyeh is referred to more than one species. Using the same name for two or more plants due to similar therapeutic properties and similar morphology is a relatively common thing in the local knowledge of different regions of the world, but in the case of lemon balm, the number of species that are called by this name seems exceptional. Therefore, this study attempted to identify all medicinal species that are used under the name of lemon balm in Iran.
Methods: First, by referring to the perfumer’s guild of different cities, related departments in Jihad of agriculture and natural resources, interviews with botanist professors in different universities of the country, healers and local experts, basic information about the species used under the title Badranjbouye collected and then proceeded to prepare samples from different regions of the country.
Results: Based on the results of this research, 19 species are known as Badranjabuiyeh in the country, 7 species are completely locally used and 12 species are used completely or relatively widely.
Conclusion: The similar therapeutic use, the abundance of each species in each region and the appearance of some species can be the most important reasons for using one name for this number of species, although it seems that this variety is not rooted in local knowledge and in some cases commercial purposes as well has fueled this issue.

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