Medicinal herbs in Italy
Plants below appear in FloraLexicon’s regional index for Italy (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 Italy
Each label opens the name hub for that spelling in FloraLexicon’s index.
- Aglio comune
- Albero del rafano
- Albero di capelvenere
- Albero di neem
- Alga spirulina
- Aloe vera comune
- Ashwagandha
- Basilico comune
- Camomilla comune
- Camomilla tedesca
- Cannella cinese
- Cannella di Ceylon
- Cardamomo verde
- Chia
- Ciliegia d’inverno
- Cipolla comune
- Cipollina
- Echinacea purpurea
- Finocchio comune
- Fiore della passione
- Fiore-cono viola
- Fungo dell’immortalità
- Ganoderma lucidum
- Ginseng
- Ginseng a cinque foglie
- Ginseng asiatico
- Ginseng coreano
- Ginseng indiano
- Ginseng peruviano
- Iperico
- Lavanda
- Lavanda vera
- Lavandino
- Lingzhi
- Lino comune
- Mate
- Melissa officinale
- Menta
- Menta piperita
- Menta spicata
- Nigella
- Origano comune
- Ortica
- Pepe
- Pepe lungo indiano
- Prezzemolo cinese
- Radice di zenzero
- Reishi
Indexed species for Italy
- 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