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Botanical Name |
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Ocimum gratissimum Linn. |
English
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Shrubby Basil |
Synonym(s) |
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Ocimum viride, Ocimum suave |
Family |
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Lamiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A tall, much-branched perennial shrub, 1-2.5m. high. Leaves ovate, coarsely crenate-serrate, gland-dotted, pubescent on both surfaces; flowers pale greenish yellow, in simple or branched racemes, moderately close whorled; nutlets sub-globose, rugose, brown, with glandular depression, not mucilaginous when wetted. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antifungal and antibacterial (essential oil); digestive, tonic, stimulant, demulcent,
diuretic, antiemetic, antiseptic, styptic, stimulates the central nervous system, antirheumatic and alleviates spasms (plant). |
Chemistry
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Grattisimol, camphene, alpha-terpinene, alpha and beta-pinene, limonene, thymol, eugenol, myrcene and camphor (essential oil). |
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Pharmacology
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In neuralgia (seed); in rheumatism (leaves); in stomach ache, ringworm and as anthelmintic (leaf juice). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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