Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfavaca	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
canakki kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canakki-p-puntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citevippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittanantakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittanantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaachana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaashana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karal thala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
karuppakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lolekam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lolekkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musk basil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
naukacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naukacinikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peykkancan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sangket	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sangketan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tulakakikakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulakakikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
කරල්තලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf, flower		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Moschosma polystachyon (L.) Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13 (1830).
Ocimum polystachyon L. Mant. Pl. 2: 567 (1771).
Basilicum polystachyon var. stereocladum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 123 (1894).
Lehmannia ocymoidea Jacq. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 21 (1841).
Lumnitzera moschata (R.Br.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 687 (1825).
Lumnitzera polystachyon (L.) J.Jacq. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 687 (1825).
Moschosma dimidiatum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 24 (1832).
Moschosma moschatum (R.Br.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 637 (1917).
Ocimum dimidiatum Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 267 (1827).
Ocimum moschatum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 87 (1796), nom. superfl.
Ocimum tashiroi Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 86 (1920).
Perxo polystachyon (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 121 (1840).
Plectranthus micranthus Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 691 (1825).
Plectranthus moschatus R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 506 (1810).
Plectranthus parviflorus R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 506 (1810), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Basilicum polystachyon	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Basilicum polystachyon (Linn.) Moench	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Moschema polystachyum (L.) Benth.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Moschosma polystachyon	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Moschosma polystachyon (L.) Bth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Moschosma polystachyum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Moschosma polystachyum Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Moschosma polystachyum Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ocimum polystachyon L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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