Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
albahaca anisada	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
babestul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basil	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
citronbasilika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cunaikkarantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hoary basil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kiruttina parani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lemon basil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shu rou mao bian zhong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
毛罗勒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
罗勒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
罗勒根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ocimum americanum var. pilosum (Willd.) A.J.Paton Kew Bull. 47: 426 (1992).
Ocimum basilicum var. anisatum Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 4 (1832).
Ocimum basilicum var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13 (1830).
Ocimum × citriodorum Vis. Index Seminum (PAD, Patavium) 1840: 9 (1840).
Ocimum × pilosum Willd. Enum. Pl.: 629 (1809).
Ocimum × graveolens A.Br. Flora 24: 265 (1841).
Ocimum × petitianum A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 176 (1850).
Ocimum × pilosum Roxb. Asiat. Res. 11: 173 (1810), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ocimum africanum Lour.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Ocimum americanum L. var. pilosum (Willd.) A.J.Paton	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Ocimum basilicum L. var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ocimum basilicum L. var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ocimum basilicum var. anisatum Hort.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Ocimum citriodorum Vis.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Ocimum pilosum	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Ocimum pilosum Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ocimum × africanum Lour.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ocimum ×africanum Lour.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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