Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
basil bush	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
bush basil	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
greek basil	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
manjericão-da-folha-miúda	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
maruvaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nāz-bouy	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
reyhān	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
shāhesfaram	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ریحان	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
شاهسفرم	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ناز بوی	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf and seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ocimum minimum L. Sp. Pl.: 597 (1753).
Ocimum basilicum var. chamaeleonticum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 114 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ocimum basilicum L. subsp. minimum	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ocimum minimum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ocimum minimum L.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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