MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS122 : Ocimum gratissimum L. |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | in Behali area along moist stream banks | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | LAMIACEAE | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Ram Tulsi, Wild Basil, African basil, clove basil, shrubby basil, tree basil • Hindi: Ram tulsi, Ban tulsi • Manipuri: Ram tulsi • Marathi: ajavala, ramatulasi, tanatulasu • Tamil: elumichantulasi, peruntulasi, elumiccam tulaci • Telugu: nimma-tulasi, nimmatulasi, rama-tulasi • Bengali: Ram tulsi • Oriya: sondabhogohulono • Urdu: Tukhm faranjmushk • Assamese: Ram tulsi • Sanskrit: ajaka, ajeka, bilvaparni, doshakleshi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Ocimum suave Ocimum viride Ocimum viridiflorum |
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| Description : | Shrubs, 2 m high; stem glandular-scabrid. leaves elliptic to obovate, base attenuate serrate, acuminate at apex; nerves 6-pairs; thinly tomentose below; petiole to 6 cm long. Racemes terminal, panicled; bracts oblanceolate. Flowers 4-6 at each node; pedicel 4 mm long; calyx 5 mm long, glabrous; upper lip ovate, obtuse, lobes of lower lip acuminate, glandular; corolla white, tube 2-3 mm long, lobes obtuse; filaments glabrous or villous at base; anthers sagittate at base. Nutlets 1.5 x 1 mm, pitted, brown. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | An aromatic, stimulant, antispasmodic, anti-septic herb that repels insects, expels internal parasites and lowers fevers. The leaves and stems are used internally in the treatment of colds, especially chest colds; fevers, headaches, impotence, flatulence, Diarrhea, dysentery, post-partum problems, and worms in children. Applied externally, the leaves are used to treat rheumatism and lumbago. An essential oil obtained from the leaf has shown marked anti-bacterial activity. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | alpha-cubebene beta-caryophyllone (E)-beta-ocimene acetic acid Acetyleugenol alpha-fenchene alpha-humulene Dipentene Eucalyptol eugenol Isoeugenol GERANYL ACETATE |
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Das, DC.; Sinha, NK.; Chattopadhyay JC.; Das M. and Samanta P.; "The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis in south west Bengal of India"; International Journal of Phytomedicine (2013); 5: 14-17 PMID : ~ Kavishankar, G.B; Lakshmidevi, N.; Murthy, S.M.; Prakash, H.S. and Niranjana, S.R.; "Diabetes and medicinal plants-A review"; Int J Pharm Biomed Sci (2011); 2(3): 65-80 PMID : |
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