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Marjoram

Origanum majoranaAlso called majorana hortensis, sweet Majoram, Origanum maiorana and Origanum majorana

Marjoram is an herb with leaves that have a citrus and resinous pine aroma. Cooks use it in dressings and to season lamb.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Leaf
Family
Lamiaceae
Marjoram, whole

Photo: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use marjoram

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Dressing
  • Season

Preparing it

Cut the tops as flowering begins and dry them slowly in shade.

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Citrus
  • Resinous piney

Nutrition

What 100 g of marjoram holds

Per 100 g, dried. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 16%Fat 9%Carbohydrate 75%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of marjoram, dried
Energy271 kcal · 1,136 kJ
Protein13 g
Fat7 g
of which saturated0.53 g
Carbohydrate61 g
of which sugars4.1 g
Fibre40 g
Sodium77 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of marjoram, dried: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,522 mg
Calcium1,990 mg
Iron83 mg
Magnesium346 mg
Zinc3.6 mg
Vitamin C51 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)403 µg
Folate274 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170928), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where marjoram is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use marjoram. Here is where they come from.

Origins

Native to
Cyprus, Türkiye, Western Asia

On the table

Dishes made with marjoram

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Austrian Meatloaf

  • Stuffed Breast of Duck

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include marjoram.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: marjoram in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What marjoram is called

Names in 88 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    mejorana · Origanum dubium · Majorana tenuifolia · Majorana suffruticosa

  • French

    Origanum majorana · Marjolaine des jardins · Marjolaine

  • Italian

    Origanum majorana · maggiorana

  • Portuguese

    manjerona · Origanum majorana

  • German

    Majoran · Origanum majorana · Wurstkraut

  • Dutch

    echte marjolein · Origanum majorana · Majorana hortensis · Majoraan

  • Greek

    Ματζουράνα · Μαντζουράνα

  • Turkish

    mercanköşk

  • Russian

    Майоран · Майоран садовый

  • Polish

    Lebiodka majeranek · Majeranek ogrodowy · Origanum majorana · Origanum maiorana

  • Arabic

    مردقوش كبير · عشبة المردكوش · بردقوش · نبات البردقوش او المردقوش

  • Persian

    مرزنجوش وحشی

Show all 88 languages

  • Afrikaans

    Marjolein

  • Albanian

    Origanum majorana

  • Asturian

    Origanum majorana · Almoradús

  • azb

    مرزه

  • Azerbaijani

    Mərzə

  • Basque

    Mendaro (landarea)

  • Belarusian

    Маяран · Маяран садовы · мар’янка · мажэржанка

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    маяран

  • Bosnian

    Mažuran · Majoran

  • Bulgarian

    майорана · Origanum majorana

  • Cantonese

    墨角蘭

  • Catalan

    marduix · Origanum majorana · moraduix

  • Cebuano

    Origanum majorana

  • Chinese

    墨角蘭 · 馬鬱草 · 马郁兰 · 甜墨角蘭

  • Cornish

    organs

  • Corsican

    Origanum majorana

  • Croatian

    Majoran

  • Czech

    majoránka zahradní · Origanum majorana · Majoránka

  • Danish

    Have-Merian · Origanum majorana

  • Egyptian Arabic

    مردقوش

  • Esperanto

    Majorano

  • Estonian

    Aedmajoraan

  • Filipino

    Marjoram

  • Finnish

    maustemeirami · Origanum majorana · meirami

  • Galician

    maiorana

  • Hebrew

    אזוב תרבותי · מיורן · Origanum majorana

  • Hindi

    मरुआ

  • Hungarian

    majoránna · Majorannae herba · Origanum majorana · Majoranna hortensis

  • Ido

    Majorano

  • Indonesian

    Marjoram

  • Irish

    oragán cumhra

  • Japanese

    マジョラム · マージョラム · スイートマージョラム

  • Kannada

    ಮರುಗ

  • Kazakh

    Майоран

  • Korean

    마조람

  • Kyrgyz

    Майоран

  • Latin

    Amaracum · Sampsuchum · Amaracus · Origanum majorana

  • Latvian

    majorāns · Majorana · Origanum majorana · Majorana majorana

  • Ligurian

    Origanum majorana · persega · persa

  • Limburgish

    Majoraan

  • Lithuanian

    Kvapusis mairūnas · Origanum majorana · Mairūnas · Majorana

  • Luxembourgish

    Mairon · Majoran · Origanum majorana

  • Macedonian

    Мајоран · Majoran · マジョラム · Menton salmego

  • Malay

    Marjoram

  • Malayalam

    മാർജോറം

  • Maltese

    merqtux

  • Neapolitan

    Peperna · Orignum majorana

  • Northern Frisian

    Majoraan

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    merian

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    merian · Origanum majorana · Marjoram

  • Occitan

    Majorana

  • Ossetic

    Майоран

  • Palatine German

    Marau

  • Pampanga

    Marjoram

  • Punjabi

    ਮਰੂਆ

  • Quechua

    Mikhurana · Mayorana · Origanum majorana · Mihurana

  • Romanian

    Maghiran · Măghiran

  • Samogitian

    Meiruonā

  • Scots

    marjoram

  • Serbian

    Mažuran

  • Sicilian

    Origanum majorana · Maiurana · Majurana

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    墨角兰

  • Slovak

    majorán záhradný · Majoránka

  • Slovenian

    Majaron · Origanum majorana · Majorana hortensis

  • Swedish

    mejram · Origanum majorana · Majorana hortensis

  • Tajik

    Марзангӯш

  • Telugu

    మరువము · మరువకపత్రం

  • Thai

    มาร์จอแรม

  • Traditional Chinese

    墨角蘭

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    墨角蘭

  • Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)

    مردقوش

  • Ukrainian

    Майоран

  • Upper Sorbian

    Majoran · Kołbasnik · Majron

  • Uzbek

    Marjoram

  • Venetian

    Menton salmego · Menton salbego · Majorana hortensis

  • Vietnamese

    Origanum majorana

  • Walloon

    Mariolinne

  • Waray

    Origanum majorana

  • Welsh

    Penrhudd yr ardd · mintys y graig

  • Wu Chinese

    墨角兰

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q22694

Photos

Photo: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons