Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ocimum gratissimum
Scientific Name and Description
Ocimum gratissimum L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | banjari, banjiri, bantulsi, malatulsi, ram tulasi, ram tulsi, ram-tulsi, ramtulsi |
| Kannada | ajagandhika, biliya kargoli, kaadu thulasi, lavanga thulasi, nimbe thulasi, nimbe tulasi, rama-tulashi |
| Malayalam | kattei-tulluva, kattu-tirtava, kattu-tuttuva, kattutrittavu, kattutryttavu, ramatulasi |
| Marathi | ajavala, maali thulasi, raamathulasi, raamthulasi, ramatulasi, ran-tulas, tanatulasu |
| Sanskrit | ajaka, ajeka, bilvaparni, doshakleshi, haricaya, nidralu, phaninjaka, ramatulasi, shophahari, sugandhi, sukshmapatraka, sumukha, sumukhah, suprassanaka, suvakra, tulasi, vanabarbarika, vantulasi, vishghna, vriddhatulasi |
| Tamil | acakantikam, alarutanmatu, arccakam, attuttulay, attuttulaycceti, ekapattirikai, elmich-cham-tolashi, elumiccam tulaci, elumiccantulaci, elumicchan-thulasi, elumicham tulasi, elumichan tulasi, elumichantulasi, elumichantulsi, kantapattiram1, mataralaki, perumtulsi, perundu lachi, peruntulaci, peruntulasi, tikatturai, tiruntanam, tiruvaci, ventulaci, ventulaci, vitappakam, yatovarumaci |
| Telugu | nimma tulasi, nimma-tulasi, nimmathulasi, nimmatulasi, raamathulasi, rama tulasi, rama-tulasi, ramatulasi, tamathulasi |
| Urdu | tukhm faranjmushk |
| Common Names | clove basil, African basil,wild basil |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Ocimum gratissimum L. Shrub Whole plant Rheumatism; diuretic; anti septic; cough; head ache; dysentery; urinary disorders; breathing problems; seminal weakness; fever; vegetable; cough; typhoid; skin infections; health tonic General Dansi et al. 2008, Savithramma et al. 2014, Sharma et al. 2013
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Dansi et al. 2008
Savithramma et al. 2014,
Sharma et al. 2013
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Ocimum gratissimum. (2024, May 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_gratissimum