List of herbs that start with T

There are 100 herbs that start with the letter T, from Tabasco Pepper to Turmeric. Below you will find them listed alphabetically along with some general information about each. Click the toggle view buttons in the top right corner to switch between the card and the table view.

For each item you will find the following information

Order: The subclass the herbs belongs to

Habitat: The places or type of weather the herbs lives in

Scientific name: The designation that scientists use to catalog the species

Tabasco Pepper

Name: Tabasco Pepper

Order: Solanales

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Capsicum frutescens

Tablay

Name: Tablay

Order: Apiales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia

Scientific name: Citronella Wintergreen

Tabog

Name: Tabog

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Vernonia cinerea

Tabouli

Name: Tabouli

Order: Caryophyllales

Habitat: Mediterranean region

Scientific name: Salvia argentea

Tac

Name: Tac

Order: Rosales

Habitat: Tropical Africa and Asia

Scientific name: Entada rheedii

Tacajo

Name: Tacajo

Order: Magnoliales

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Persea schiedeana

Tacamahaca

Name: Tacamahaca

Order: Sapindales

Habitat: Tropical regions

Scientific name: Calophyllum inophyllum

Tachui

Name: Tachui

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Central and South America

Scientific name: Clibadium surinamense

Tafin-Tafin

Name: Tafin-Tafin

Order: Gentianales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Connarus

Tagbe

Name: Tagbe

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to East Asia, particularly China

Scientific name: Artemisia argyi

Taget

Name: Taget

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to South Africa, commonly grown as an ornamental plant.

Scientific name: Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Tagetel

Name: Tagetel

Order: Apiales

Habitat: Europe

Scientific name: Daucus carota

Tagetes

Name: Tagetes

Order: Asterales

Habitat: North and South America

Scientific name: Tagetes erecta

Tagetes Minuta

Name: Tagetes Minuta

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to South America

Scientific name: Tagetes minuta

Taguanan

Name: Taguanan

Order: Solanales

Habitat: Native to the Philippines

Scientific name: Solanum taguanan

Tahat

Name: Tahat

Order: Zygophyllales

Habitat: Native to Africa and the Middle East

Scientific name: Balanites aegyptiaca

Taheebo

Name: Taheebo

Order: Lamiales

Habitat: Central and South America

Scientific name: Handroanthus impetiginosus

Taheebo Tea

Name: Taheebo Tea

Order: Bignoniaceae

Habitat: Native to South America

Scientific name: Tabebuia avellanedae

Tai Chi

Name: Tai Chi

Order: Asterales

Habitat: North America

Scientific name: Helianthus tuberosus

Taia

Name: Taia

Order: Fabales

Habitat: Asia

Scientific name: Sesbania cannabina

Takamaka

Name: Takamaka

Order: Malpighiales

Habitat: Tropical regions

Scientific name: Calophyllum inophyllum

Takhashshu

Name: Takhashshu

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere

Scientific name: Achillea millefolium

Takran

Name: Takran

Order: Brassicales

Habitat: Grows in streams, springs, and other wet habitats in Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

Scientific name: Nasturtium officinale

Tala

Name: Tala

Order: Malvales

Habitat: Africa and Asia

Scientific name: Corchorus olitorius

Talang

Name: Talang

Order: Arecales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and the Philippines

Scientific name: Arenga pinnata

Talbinah

Name: Talbinah

Order: Poales

Habitat: Cultivated cereal grain

Scientific name: Hordeum vulgare

Taleef

Name: Taleef

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to Europe and Asia, commonly used in folk medicine.

Scientific name: Tanacetum vulgare

Talinia

Name: Talinia

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to the southwestern United States and Mexico, can be invasive.

Scientific name: Parthenium hysterophorus

Talinum

Name: Talinum

Order: Caryophyllales

Habitat: Tropical Americas

Scientific name: Talinum triangulare

Talinum Paniculatum

Name: Talinum Paniculatum

Order: Caryophyllales

Habitat: Native to the Americas

Scientific name: Talinum paniculatum

Talipot Palm

Name: Talipot Palm

Order: Arecales

Habitat: Native to Sri Lanka and southern India

Scientific name: Corypha umbraculifera

Taluma

Name: Taluma

Order: Cornales

Habitat: Native to Europe and western Asia, used in traditional medicine.

Scientific name: Cornus sanguinea

Tama

Name: Tama

Order: Zingiberales

Habitat: Native to India and Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Curcuma angustifolia

Tamala

Name: Tamala

Order: Laurales

Habitat: India

Scientific name: Cinnamomum tamala

Tamala Leaf

Name: Tamala Leaf

Order: Laurales

Habitat: Native to the Himalayas

Scientific name: Cinnamomum tamala

Tamarillo

Name: Tamarillo

Order: Solanales

Habitat: Native to the Andes region of South America, also known as tree tomato.

Scientific name: Solanum betaceum

Tamarind

Name: Tamarind

Order: Fabales

Habitat: Africa and Asia

Scientific name: Tamarindus indica

Tambarapanni

Name: Tambarapanni

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to Eurasia, used in traditional medicine and as a culinary herb.

Scientific name: Tanacetum parthenium

Tamboki

Name: Tamboki

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to tropical Africa

Scientific name: Vernonia amygdalina

Tambra

Name: Tambra

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to Europe and Asia, sometimes used as an herbal supplement.

Scientific name: Tanacetum vulgare

Tambuki

Name: Tambuki

Order: Rosales

Habitat: South Asia

Scientific name: Ficus religiosa

Tameja

Name: Tameja

Order: Brassicales

Habitat: Native to the Middle East and Mediterranean region

Scientific name: Lepidium sativum

Tamilnadu

Name: Tamilnadu

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to tropical America, used in traditional medicine in India.

Scientific name: Tridax procumbens

Tamku

Name: Tamku

Order: Apiales

Habitat: Native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia

Scientific name: Pimpinella anisum

Tammana

Name: Tammana

Order: Lamiales

Habitat: Native to southern Africa, used in traditional medicine.

Scientific name: Leonotis leonurus

Tampoi

Name: Tampoi

Order: Sapindales

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Baccaurea motleyana

Tamu

Name: Tamu

Order: Zingiberales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia, particularly India

Scientific name: Curcuma longa

Tanacetum

Name: Tanacetum

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Europe and Asia

Scientific name: Tanacetum vulgare

Tanaka

Name: Tanaka

Order: Brassicales

Habitat: Native to Japan and Korea

Scientific name: Wasabia japonica

Tanaman Obat

Name: Tanaman Obat

Order: Lamiales

Habitat: Worldwide

Scientific name: Plantago major

Tangan-Tangan

Name: Tangan-Tangan

Order: Malpighiales

Habitat: Native to Mexico and Central America

Scientific name: Jatropha curcas

Tangerina

Name: Tangerina

Order: Sapindales

Habitat: Asia

Scientific name: Citrus reticulata

Tangkil

Name: Tangkil

Order: Magnoliales

Habitat: East Asia

Scientific name: Litsea cubeba

Tangkil Leaves

Name: Tangkil Leaves

Order: Proteales

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Helicia robusta

Taniman

Name: Taniman

Order: Apiales

Habitat: Native to Taiwan and southeastern mainland China

Scientific name: Tetrapanax papyrifer

Tanjung

Name: Tanjung

Order: Myrtales

Habitat: South Asia

Scientific name: Mimusops elengi

Tansy

Name: Tansy

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Temperate regions of Europe and Asia

Scientific name: Tanacetum vulgare

Tao

Name: Tao

Order: Proteales

Habitat: Asia

Scientific name: Trichosanthes cucumerina

Tapah

Name: Tapah

Order: Asparagales

Habitat: Worldwide

Scientific name: Asparagus officinalis

Tapak Liman

Name: Tapak Liman

Order: Lamiales

Habitat: Native to tropical Asia

Scientific name: Elephantopus scaber

Tapinella

Name: Tapinella

Order: Boletales

Habitat: Found in temperate forests

Scientific name: Tapinella atrotomentosa

Tara

Name: Tara

Order: Fabales

Habitat: Native to Peru and Chile

Scientific name: Caesalpinia spinosa

Taramba

Name: Taramba

Order: Gentianales

Habitat: Native to tropical Asia

Scientific name: Strychnos nux-vomica

Taramira

Name: Taramira

Order: Brassicales

Habitat: Native to the Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia

Scientific name: Eruca vesicaria

Tarawi

Name: Tarawi

Order: Cyperales

Habitat: Native to tropical and subtropical regions worldwide

Scientific name: Typha domingensis

Tarbell

Name: Tarbell

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Europe

Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale

Taro

Name: Taro

Order: Alismatales

Habitat: Tropics

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta

Taro Leaf

Name: Taro Leaf

Order: Alismatales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta

Tarragon

Name: Tarragon

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Temperate regions of Asia and North America

Scientific name: Artemisia dracunculus

Tarragona

Name: Tarragona

Order: Lamiales

Habitat: Mediterranean

Scientific name: Artemisia dracunculus

Tart Cherry

Name: Tart Cherry

Order: Rosales

Habitat: Europe and Asia Minor

Scientific name: Prunus cerasus

Tarum

Name: Tarum

Order: Gentianales

Habitat: Native to India and tropical Asia

Scientific name: Indigofera tinctoria

Tarweeds

Name: Tarweeds

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Native to western North America

Scientific name: Madia

Tasmanian Pepper

Name: Tasmanian Pepper

Order: Piperales

Habitat: Tasmania

Scientific name: Tasmannia lanceolata

Tasmannia

Name: Tasmannia

Order: Canellales

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Tasmannia lanceolata

Tasty Greens

Name: Tasty Greens

Order: Brassicales

Habitat: Europe

Scientific name: Brassica oleracea

Tatay

Name: Tatay

Order: Apiales

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Polyscias

Tatsoi

Name: Tatsoi

Order: Brassicales

Habitat: East Asia

Scientific name: Brassica rapa var. rosularis

Tausaga

Name: Tausaga

Order: Cyperales

Habitat: Native to temperate and tropical regions worldwide

Scientific name: Cyperus rotundus

Tauschia

Name: Tauschia

Order: Apiales

Habitat: Native to western North America

Scientific name: Tauschia

Tava

Name: Tava

Order: Fabales

Habitat: Native to the Mediterranean region

Scientific name: Lathyrus tingitanus

Tawas

Name: Tawas

Order: Magnoliales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines

Scientific name: Magnolia liliifera

Teasel

Name: Teasel

Order: Dipsacales

Habitat: Europe and Asia

Scientific name: Dipsacus fullonum

Teff

Name: Teff

Order: Poales

Habitat: Native to the Horn of Africa

Scientific name: Eragrostis tef

Tempasuk

Name: Tempasuk

Order: Apiales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Etlingera elatior

Temu Kunci

Name: Temu Kunci

Order: Zingiberales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Boesenbergia rotunda

Tepary Bean

Name: Tepary Bean

Order: Fabales

Habitat: Southwest United States and Mexico

Scientific name: Phaseolus acutifolius

Tepeguaje

Name: Tepeguaje

Order: Fabales

Habitat: Native to Mexico and Central America

Scientific name: Leucaena

Ternatea

Name: Ternatea

Order: Fabales

Habitat: Native to tropical Asia and Africa

Scientific name: Clitoria ternatea

Teta

Name: Teta

Order: Asterales

Habitat: Europe

Scientific name: Centaurea cyanus

Tetragona

Name: Tetragona

Order: Caryophyllales

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Tetragonia tetragonioides

Teureup

Name: Teureup

Order: Morales

Habitat: Native to Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Artocarpus elasticus

Thakolam

Name: Thakolam

Order: Ericales

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

Thapsi

Name: Thapsi

Order: Papaverales

Habitat: Native to the Mediterranean region

Scientific name: Glaucium flavum

Thyme

Name: Thyme

Order: Lamiales

Habitat: Mediterranean region

Scientific name: Thymus vulgaris

Timothe

Name: Timothe

Order: Poales

Habitat: Temperate regions of Europe and Asia

Scientific name: Phleum pratense

Tomatillo

Name: Tomatillo

Order: Solanales

Habitat: Central America

Scientific name: Physalis philadelphica

Truffles

Name: Truffles

Order: Pezizales

Habitat: Temperate regions of Europe and North America

Scientific name: Tuber spp.

Tulsi

Name: Tulsi

Order: Lamiales

Habitat: Tropical regions of Asia

Scientific name: Ocimum tenuiflorum

Turmeric

Name: Turmeric

Order: Zingiberales

Habitat: Tropical regions of Asia

Scientific name: Curcuma longa

NameOrderHabitatScientific name
Tabasco PepperSolanalesMexicoCapsicum frutescens
TablayApialesNative to Southeast Asia, particularly IndonesiaCitronella Wintergreen
TabogAsteralesSoutheast AsiaVernonia cinerea
TabouliCaryophyllalesMediterranean regionSalvia argentea
TacRosalesTropical Africa and AsiaEntada rheedii
TacajoMagnolialesMexicoPersea schiedeana
TacamahacaSapindalesTropical regionsCalophyllum inophyllum
TachuiAsteralesCentral and South AmericaClibadium surinamense
Tafin-TafinGentianalesNative to Southeast AsiaConnarus
TagbeAsteralesNative to East Asia, particularly ChinaArtemisia argyi
TagetAsteralesNative to South Africa, commonly grown as an ornamental plant.Dimorphotheca pluvialis
TagetelApialesEuropeDaucus carota
TagetesAsteralesNorth and South AmericaTagetes erecta
Tagetes MinutaAsteralesNative to South AmericaTagetes minuta
TaguananSolanalesNative to the PhilippinesSolanum taguanan
TahatZygophyllalesNative to Africa and the Middle EastBalanites aegyptiaca
TaheeboLamialesCentral and South AmericaHandroanthus impetiginosus
Taheebo TeaBignoniaceaeNative to South AmericaTabebuia avellanedae
Tai ChiAsteralesNorth AmericaHelianthus tuberosus
TaiaFabalesAsiaSesbania cannabina
TakamakaMalpighialesTropical regionsCalophyllum inophyllum
TakhashshuAsteralesNative to temperate regions of the Northern HemisphereAchillea millefolium
TakranBrassicalesGrows in streams, springs, and other wet habitats in Europe, Asia, and North Africa.Nasturtium officinale
TalaMalvalesAfrica and AsiaCorchorus olitorius
TalangArecalesNative to Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and the PhilippinesArenga pinnata
TalbinahPoalesCultivated cereal grainHordeum vulgare
TaleefAsteralesNative to Europe and Asia, commonly used in folk medicine.Tanacetum vulgare
TaliniaAsteralesNative to the southwestern United States and Mexico, can be invasive.Parthenium hysterophorus
TalinumCaryophyllalesTropical AmericasTalinum triangulare
Talinum PaniculatumCaryophyllalesNative to the AmericasTalinum paniculatum
Talipot PalmArecalesNative to Sri Lanka and southern IndiaCorypha umbraculifera
TalumaCornalesNative to Europe and western Asia, used in traditional medicine.Cornus sanguinea
TamaZingiberalesNative to India and Southeast AsiaCurcuma angustifolia
TamalaLauralesIndiaCinnamomum tamala
Tamala LeafLauralesNative to the HimalayasCinnamomum tamala
TamarilloSolanalesNative to the Andes region of South America, also known as tree tomato.Solanum betaceum
TamarindFabalesAfrica and AsiaTamarindus indica
TambarapanniAsteralesNative to Eurasia, used in traditional medicine and as a culinary herb.Tanacetum parthenium
TambokiAsteralesNative to tropical AfricaVernonia amygdalina
TambraAsteralesNative to Europe and Asia, sometimes used as an herbal supplement.Tanacetum vulgare
TambukiRosalesSouth AsiaFicus religiosa
TamejaBrassicalesNative to the Middle East and Mediterranean regionLepidium sativum
TamilnaduAsteralesNative to tropical America, used in traditional medicine in India.Tridax procumbens
TamkuApialesNative to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest AsiaPimpinella anisum
TammanaLamialesNative to southern Africa, used in traditional medicine.Leonotis leonurus
TampoiSapindalesSoutheast AsiaBaccaurea motleyana
TamuZingiberalesNative to Southeast Asia, particularly IndiaCurcuma longa
TanacetumAsteralesEurope and AsiaTanacetum vulgare
TanakaBrassicalesNative to Japan and KoreaWasabia japonica
Tanaman ObatLamialesWorldwidePlantago major
Tangan-TanganMalpighialesNative to Mexico and Central AmericaJatropha curcas
TangerinaSapindalesAsiaCitrus reticulata
TangkilMagnolialesEast AsiaLitsea cubeba
Tangkil LeavesProtealesSoutheast AsiaHelicia robusta
TanimanApialesNative to Taiwan and southeastern mainland ChinaTetrapanax papyrifer
TanjungMyrtalesSouth AsiaMimusops elengi
TansyAsteralesTemperate regions of Europe and AsiaTanacetum vulgare
TaoProtealesAsiaTrichosanthes cucumerina
TapahAsparagalesWorldwideAsparagus officinalis
Tapak LimanLamialesNative to tropical AsiaElephantopus scaber
TapinellaBoletalesFound in temperate forestsTapinella atrotomentosa
TaraFabalesNative to Peru and ChileCaesalpinia spinosa
TarambaGentianalesNative to tropical AsiaStrychnos nux-vomica
TaramiraBrassicalesNative to the Mediterranean region and Southwest AsiaEruca vesicaria
TarawiCyperalesNative to tropical and subtropical regions worldwideTypha domingensis
TarbellAsteralesEuropeTaraxacum officinale
TaroAlismatalesTropicsColocasia esculenta
Taro LeafAlismatalesNative to Southeast Asia, particularly the PhilippinesColocasia esculenta
TarragonAsteralesTemperate regions of Asia and North AmericaArtemisia dracunculus
TarragonaLamialesMediterraneanArtemisia dracunculus
Tart CherryRosalesEurope and Asia MinorPrunus cerasus
TarumGentianalesNative to India and tropical AsiaIndigofera tinctoria
TarweedsAsteralesNative to western North AmericaMadia
Tasmanian PepperPiperalesTasmaniaTasmannia lanceolata
TasmanniaCanellalesAustraliaTasmannia lanceolata
Tasty GreensBrassicalesEuropeBrassica oleracea
TatayApialesSoutheast AsiaPolyscias
TatsoiBrassicalesEast AsiaBrassica rapa var. rosularis
TausagaCyperalesNative to temperate and tropical regions worldwideCyperus rotundus
TauschiaApialesNative to western North AmericaTauschia
TavaFabalesNative to the Mediterranean regionLathyrus tingitanus
TawasMagnolialesNative to Southeast Asia, particularly the PhilippinesMagnolia liliifera
TeaselDipsacalesEurope and AsiaDipsacus fullonum
TeffPoalesNative to the Horn of AfricaEragrostis tef
TempasukApialesNative to Southeast AsiaEtlingera elatior
Temu KunciZingiberalesNative to Southeast AsiaBoesenbergia rotunda
Tepary BeanFabalesSouthwest United States and MexicoPhaseolus acutifolius
TepeguajeFabalesNative to Mexico and Central AmericaLeucaena
TernateaFabalesNative to tropical Asia and AfricaClitoria ternatea
TetaAsteralesEuropeCentaurea cyanus
TetragonaCaryophyllalesAustraliaTetragonia tetragonioides
TeureupMoralesNative to Southeast AsiaArtocarpus elasticus
ThakolamEricalesSoutheast AsiaRhodomyrtus tomentosa
ThapsiPapaveralesNative to the Mediterranean regionGlaucium flavum
ThymeLamialesMediterranean regionThymus vulgaris
TimothePoalesTemperate regions of Europe and AsiaPhleum pratense
TomatilloSolanalesCentral AmericaPhysalis philadelphica
TrufflesPezizalesTemperate regions of Europe and North AmericaTuber spp.
TulsiLamialesTropical regions of AsiaOcimum tenuiflorum
TurmericZingiberalesTropical regions of AsiaCurcuma longa

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