Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ocimum carnosum (Spreng.) Link & Otto ex Benth. [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 del campo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
albahaca del campo cimarrona	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
albahacón	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
alfavaca-anis	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
anis	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
elixir-paregórico	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ocimum selloi Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 6 (1832).
Lumnitzera carnosa Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 223 (1827).
Ocimum atrovirens Bartl. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1841: 5 (1841).
Ocimum ebracteatum Pohl ex J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8: 72 (1858).
Ocimum graveolens Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 411 (1922), nom. illeg.
Ocimum montevideanum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 3: 58 (1924).
Ocimum selloi var. angustifolium Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907).
Ocimum selloi var. carnosum (Spreng.) Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907), nom. illeg.
Ocimum selloi var. genuinum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907), not validly publ.
Ocimum selloi f. serratum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907).
Ocimum selloi f. subintegrifolium Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907).
Ocimum selloi var. tweedieanum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907).
Ocimum tweedieanum Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 38 (1848).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ocimum carnosum (Spreng.) Link & Otto ex Benth.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ocimum carnosum (Spreng.) Link and Otto ex Benth.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Ocimum selloi Benth.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Ocimum sellowii Benth.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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