Skip to main content
Kew Science
Kew.org

Non-scientific name:

tea bush

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Ocimum gratissimum Linn Ocimum gratissimum L. Ocimum gratissimum L. fresh or dried leaves leaf
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Ocimum gratissimum L. Ocimum gratissimum L. Ocimum gratissimum L. leaf, root
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Monsonia angustifolia E.Mey. ex A.Rich. Monsonia angustifolia E.Mey. ex A.Rich. Monsonia angustifolia E.Mey. ex A.Rich.
Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Melochia villosa (Mill.) Fawc. et Rendle Melochia villosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Melochia villosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle leaf

47 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "tea bush":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
alsbos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
alsbossie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
alsobos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amaliko Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
amaloko Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ameloko Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
angelbossie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aramogho Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
assegaaibos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beblosi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bebusui Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
cranes' bill Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dai doya ta gida Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
dai'doya ta gida Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
debeshui Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
dysenterie herb Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
e-b'onto Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
efinrin Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fever leaf Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fever plant Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fever plant of sierra leone Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gbekono Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
igqitha Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ihiri eziza Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kumoi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kumwi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
makorokotsoane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makorotswana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malengoane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mosquito plant Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
naaldebossie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nchu-anwu Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ntion Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nunum Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
o-gbonto Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ocimum Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
onunum Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
phusana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pink monsonia Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
remarungana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sise-jambo Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sro Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
su-guen-fira Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sulu Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
suro Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
teebos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
teebossie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)