EVALUATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF ORIGANUM VULGARE WILD POPULATIONS IN ALBANIA

Rigoni (Origanum vulgare L.) is one of major aromatic plant that belongs to Labiatae family in Albania In this work nine morpho-biometric traits s of Origanum vulgare from 57 localities, scattered all over Albania, cultivated during 2010-2011. One year after planting, from the observations based on morpho-biometric traits was analyzed in order to determine the valuable morphological characters. A second harvest was carried out fresh weight and dry weight (g/plant) was registered.The high level of morphological variability among the studied populations suggests approach attractive for the pharmaceutical industry, to the variability of cultivated material and for breeding programs in the future.