Taxon:
Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:597. 1753
Verified:
05/19/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Geniosporum tenuiflorum (L.) Merr.
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ocimum+tenuiflorum&quantity=1
- Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource). URL: http://www.flowersofindia.in/
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
- Kala, C. P. et al. 2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459. URL: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531 Note: = Ocimum sanctum L.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
- Paton, A. & E. Putievsky. 1996. Taxonomic problems and cytotaxonomic relationships between and within varieties of Ocimum basilicum and related species (Labiatae). Kew Bull. 51:510. Note: mentions
- Paton, A. 1992. A synopsis of Ocimum L. (Labiatae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 47:432.
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Ocimum sanctum L.
- Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2001-2002. Flora of Maharashtra state.
- Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_33.html
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Common names
English
brush-leaf-tea – holy basil – sacred basil – India (Hindi)
tulsi – Portuguese (Brazil)
manjericão-branco – Spanish
albahaca morada – Swedish
helig basilika –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | doubtfully native |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere in tropics |
Native
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India (doubtfully native), Sri Lanka
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. |
Food additives | flavoring | as Ocimum sanctum | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_33.html |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Medicines | folklore | as Ocimum sanctum | Kala, C. P. et al. 2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459. URL: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531 Note: = Ocimum sanctum L. |
Weed | | | Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. |