and Wellness News Ailments and Remedies Translate this page! Lovage August 24th, 2007 Botanical Name: Levisticum officinale (KOCH.) Family: N.O. Umbelliferae Synonyms: Ligusticum Levisticum (Linn.). Old English Lovage. Italian Lovage. Cornish Lovage. In Germany and Holland, one of the common names of Lovage is Maggikraut (German) or Maggiplant (Dutch) because the plant’s