Different names have been used for Babooneh in ancient medical books. Also, different varieties of the plants grow and are in market in Iran. In the current study, the descriptions of the plant in the traditional medicine books are compared with the textbooks of botany. It is concluded that the available varieties of chamomile are Matricaria chamomilla var. chamomilla (Shirazi Babooneh), M. chamomilla var. recutita (Flavored Babooneh), Tripleurospermum disciforme (Dashti Babooneh), and Anthemis nobilis (Rumi Babooneh). The results can be helpful for researchers of the traditional medicine textbooks.
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