Lamiaceae
Patchouli
Pogostemon cablin
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Pogostemon
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Common names
By language (41)
- ace
- Nilam
- Arabic
- بتشول, بتشولي
- arz
- بتشول
- Basque
- Patxuli
- Belarusian
- Пачулі
- Burmese
- သနပ်ပစ္စည်း
- Catalan
- Patxulí
- Chinese
- 到手香, 广藿香, 广蕾香, 藿香, 爪哇刺蕊草
- Czech
- Pačule obecná
- Dutch
- Patchouli
- English
- Patchouli
- Finnish
- Patsuli
- French
- Patchouli
- Georgian
- Პაჩული
- German
- Indisches Patschuli
- gor
- Nilam
- Hebrew
- פצ'ולי
- Hindi
- पचौली
- Hungarian
- Pacsuli
- Indonesian
- Nilam
- io
- Pachulio
- Irish
- Paitsiúilí
- Japanese
- パチョリ
- Kannada
- ಪಚ್ಚೆತೆನೆ
- Korean
- 파출리
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis pačiulis
- Malay
- Nilam
- Malayalam
- പച്ചോളി
- nia
- Fanikha Nila
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Patchouli
- Occitan
- Patcholí
- Persian
- پتچولی
- Polish
- Paczulka wonna
- Portuguese
- Patchouli
- Russian
- Пачули, Индийские пачули
- Swedish
- Patchouli
- Tamil
- குளவி
- Thai
- พิมเสน
- Ukrainian
- Пачулі
- Urdu
- پچولی
- Vietnamese
- Hoắc hương
Synonyms
- Mentha auricularia Blanco
- Mentha cablin Blanco
- Pogostemon battakianus Ridl.
- Pogostemon comosus Miq.
- Pogostemon heyneanus var. patchouly (Pellet.-Saut.) Kuntze
- Pogostemon hortensis Backer ex K.Heyne
- Pogostemon javanicus Backer ex Adelb.
- Pogostemon mollis Hassk.
- Pogostemon nepetoides Stapf
- Pogostemon nepetoides var. glandulosus Merr.
- Pogostemon patchouly Pellet.-Saut.
- Pogostemon patchouly var. suavis (Ten.) Hook.f.
- Pogostemon suavis Ten.
- Pogostemon tomentosus Hassk.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.