Medicinal herbs in France
Plants below appear in FloraLexicon’s regional index for France (merged ethnobotanical slice). Use them as a starting point—always verify identification and local regulations.
Traditional and medicinal use varies by species and source. Follow links to each plant’s page for indexed use categories, or open a name hub when the same label may refer to more than one species.
Common names recorded in France
Each label opens the name hub for that spelling in FloraLexicon’s index.
- Ail commun
- Aloès vrai
- Arbre aux quarante écus
- Basilic commun
- Ben ailé
- Bissap
- Camomille matricaire
- Cannelle cassia
- Cannelle de Ceylan
- Cardamome verte
- Cerise d’hiver
- Champignon de l’immortalité
- Cive
- Coriandre cultivée
- Curcuma blanc
- Curcuma long
- Dent-de-lion
- Fenouil commun
- Fleur de la passion
- Ginseng à cinq folioles
- Ginseng péruvien
- Grand sureau
- Grande ortie
- Lavande fine
- Lin cultivé
- Matricaire officinale
- Mélisse citronnelle
- Menthe
- Menthe douce
- Millepertuis perforé
- Neem
- Nigelle cultivée
- Oignon commun
- Origan commun
- Poivre
- Poivre long d'Inde
- Racine de gingembre
- Rudbeckie pourpre
- Safran vrai
- Salvia
- Sauge officinale
- Sénégrain
- Spiruline bio
- Thé noir
- Thym commun
- Tulsi
- Valériane officinale
- Zédoaire
Indexed species for France
- Allium cepaFamily Amaryllidaceae
- Allium sativumFamily Amaryllidaceae
- Allium schoenoprasumFamily Amaryllidaceae
- Aloe veraFamily Asphodelaceae
- Arthrospira platensisFamily Microcoleaceae
- Aspalathus linearisFamily Fabaceae
- Azadirachta indicaFamily Meliaceae
- Camellia sinensisFamily Theaceae
- Cinnamomum cassiaFamily Lauraceae
- Cinnamomum verumFamily Lauraceae
- Coriandrum sativumFamily Apiaceae
- Crocus sativusFamily Iridaceae
- Curcuma longaFamily Zingiberaceae
- Curcuma zedoariaFamily Zingiberaceae
- Echinacea purpureaFamily Asteraceae
- Elettaria cardamomumFamily Zingiberaceae
- Foeniculum vulgareFamily Apiaceae
- Ganoderma lucidumFamily Ganodermataceae
- Ginkgo bilobaFamily Ginkgoaceae
- Hibiscus sabdariffaFamily Malvaceae
- Hypericum perforatumFamily Hypericaceae
- Ilex paraguariensisFamily Aquifoliaceae
- Lavandula × intermediaFamily Lamiaceae
- Lavandula angustifoliaFamily Lamiaceae
- Lepidium meyeniiFamily Brassicaceae
- Linum usitatissimumFamily Linaceae
- Matricaria chamomillaFamily Asteraceae
- Melissa officinalisFamily Lamiaceae
- Mentha × piperitaFamily Lamiaceae
- Mentha spicataFamily Lamiaceae
- Moringa oleiferaFamily Moringaceae
- Nigella sativaFamily Ranunculaceae
- Ocimum basilicumFamily Lamiaceae
- Ocimum tenuiflorumFamily Lamiaceae
- Origanum vulgareFamily Lamiaceae
- Panax ginsengFamily Araliaceae
- Panax quinquefoliusFamily Araliaceae
- Passiflora incarnataFamily Passifloraceae
- Piper longumFamily Piperaceae
- Piper nigrumFamily Piperaceae
- Rosmarinus officinalisFamily Lamiaceae
- Salvia hispanicaFamily Lamiaceae
- Salvia officinalisFamily Lamiaceae
- Sambucus nigraFamily Adoxaceae
- Taraxacum officinaleFamily Asteraceae
- Thymus vulgarisFamily Lamiaceae
- Trigonella foenum-graecumFamily Fabaceae
- Urtica dioicaFamily Urticaceae
- Valeriana officinalisFamily Caprifoliaceae
- Withania somniferaFamily Solanaceae
- Zingiber officinaleFamily Zingiberaceae