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Ocimum basilicum

Scientific Name
Ocimum basilicum
Family Name
Lamiaceae
Common Names
Sweet basil
Local Names
Babui tulsi (India), Selasih ungu (Indonesia), Suwandathala (Sri Lanka)
Description
An erect, aromatic, nearly glabrous herb with green or purplish branches. Leavessimple, opposite, ovate, acute, entire or toothed, base cuneate, glabrous on bothsurfaces. Flowers white, or pale purple in simple or much branched racemes oftenthyrsoid. Nutlets ellipsoid, black and pitted. (India)
Herb 30-90cm high, stem purple, leaf opposite, flower white (Indonesia)
Uses
Leucoderma, ringworms, skin diseases, cough, asthma, bronchitis, amenorrhea,diarrhoea, vomiting, ophthalmia, giddiness, malaria, fever, catarrh (India)
Cold, cough (Indonesia)
Carminative, cephalalgia, constipation, cough, diarrhoea (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Indonesia - Sukamulya
Sri Lanka - Bibila, Kanneliya, Meegahak, Pinna
Remarks
Ocimum basilicum (GRIN)

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