Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS122 : Ocimum gratissimum L.

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Ocimum suave; Ocimum viride; Ocimum viridiflorum;

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

Plant Family : LAMIACEAE

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.

Plant Location in Melghat : in Behali area along moist stream banks

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 : COMPOUNDS: alpha-cubebene; beta-caryophyllone; (E)-beta-ocimene; acetic acid; Acetyleugenol; alpha-fenchene; alpha-humulene; Dipentene; Eucalyptol; eugenol; Isoeugenol; GERANYL ACETATE;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4):

Alpha-humulene;

Geranyl acetate;

Eugenol;

Ocimene;

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

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

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 :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Lamiales
Family : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family
Genus : Ocimum L. - basil
Species : Ocimum gratissimum L. - African basil

Ocimum gratissimum L. - African basil
Ocimum gratissimum L. - African basil
Ocimum gratissimum L. - African basil
Ocimum gratissimum L. - African basil