Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ocimum americanum L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acalcatimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acokatitacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alfavaca	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alfavaca campestre	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
american basil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
aranyatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban-tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bantulsi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
bapchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bapji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camphor basil	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
campirattitcanakentam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caracacumukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkolikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkolikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centivannan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centivannanceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civanmalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukantacuracaracam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cumukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dingwansi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
gambhira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhapanirjjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganjamkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gramya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gunjamkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heen thala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
hessi-hessi	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
hissi-hissi	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
hoary basil	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hola thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intimalakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intimalakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaali tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kadtulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kala tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kali tulsi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kali-tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalikanca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamferbasilika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kancankorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanjagkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanjan korai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanjankorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karaiviliyal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathinjara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katirnecamaruvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattulay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattulaycceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katturamattulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katturamatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuthulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattutrttavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuttulaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattutulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvaycceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaukkatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kesu kese	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kirunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kitchen basil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kshudraparna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudratulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukka tulassi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukka-tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkathulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulaverkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kupatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurutanacani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuthera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lemon basil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mamri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mang lak	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
manjericão	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
manjericão roxo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
manjerona	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
mayangba	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
mayilainati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayilainatittulaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukharjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkatpiran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkatpiranceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naaithulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayi thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayi tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nai tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nai-thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nai-tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
naithulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naitulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakad bapchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakad-bapchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nauitulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayitulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayttulaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilakatakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirancanatimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niraninton	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niranintonceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niyacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nsiansi sigeh	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nzianzi	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ocim	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ocimum canum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
osingfa	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
pakalicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palinkiam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panicca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paniccaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paniccakkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peppermint	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
permalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyttulaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pin-sein	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pin-sein hmway	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pohok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
raama thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raana thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran-tulas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rantulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
remédio do vaqueiro	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
remédio-de-vaqueiro	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ruku-ruku	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
segurelha	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
sims	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
svetasurasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svetatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talaicculalmuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanamutirkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanamuttumatar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiksnamanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ticanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiralakkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiralkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiratkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tittanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tusli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuyappirantaputpakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ugragandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakuntakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakuntikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakuntikaikkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakuntikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vana-tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vanabarbarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vantulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vikkanaramali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vitpanattinpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal thala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
white basil	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
white pilsum	Other	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
xesinsin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
yaranimulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zitronen-basilikum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
වල්තලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
හීන්තලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant, leaf, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaves, seed	essential oil, seed, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
aerial part		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
flower, leaf	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Whole Plant, Leaf, Flower		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ocimum canum Sims Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2452 (1823).
Ocimum dichotomum Hochst. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 39 (1848).
Ocimum fluminense Vell. Fl. Flumin. 4: t. 11 (1829).
Becium obovatum var. glabrior (Benth.) Cufod. Senckenberg. Biol. 43: 287 (1962).
Ocimum album Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 15 (1832).
Ocimum brachiatum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 833 (1826).
Ocimum canum var. integrifolium Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 267 (1888).
Ocimum dinteri Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 980 (1903).
Ocimum fruticulosum Burch. Trav. S. Africa 2: 264 (1824).
Ocimum hispidulum Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 266 (1827).
Ocimum incanescens Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 799 (1828).
Ocimum serpyllifolium var. glabrius Benth. in E.H.F.Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 226 (1837).
Ocimum stamineum Sims Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2452 (1823).
Ocimum thymoides Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 344 (1900).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ocimim canum	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ocimum americanum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Ocimum americanum L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ocimum americanum L. var. americanum	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Ocimum americanum Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Ocimum canum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Ocimum canum Sims	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Ocimum canum Sims.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ocimum canum Simson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ocimum dichotomum Hochst. ex Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ocimum fluminense Vell.	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Ocimum fluminensis Vell.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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