Ocium GRATISSIMUM L.
| Synonym : | Geniosporum discolor Baker Ocimum arborescens Bojer ex Benth. Ocimum sericeum Medik. Ocimum trichodon Baker ex Gürke |
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| Bangla Name : | Ram Tulsi, Ban Tulsi. ,Midaphul (Chakma), Sang Haphoi (Marma), Midar Roshi Gaith (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Shrubby Basil. |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Stimulant, styptic, demulcent, diuretic, carminative, anti-emetic, digestive, cough, rheumatism, paralysis, gonorrhoea, headache, neuralgia, scanty urination, fever, influenza, dysmenorrhoea, jaundice. |
| Description : | An aromatic shrub, 1.2-1.8 m high. Leaves 6.3-12.5 cm long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, base cuneate. Flowers in whorls, on simple or branched racemes, corolla 4 mm long, pale greenish-yellow. Nutlets 1.5 mm diam., subglobose, rugose, brown. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves and other aerial parts yield essential oil, which contains thymol, eugenol, methyleugenol and methyl chavicol (Chopra et al., 1992). The oil also contains many other monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons which include limonene, ?-ocimene, ?-ca |
| Uses : | The plant is stimulant, styptic, demulcent, diuretic, carminative, anti-emetic and digestive, generally combined with expectorants used in cough mixtures. Aromatic bath prepared from the plant is recommened in the treatment of rheumatism and paralysis. Le |
| Habit : | Shrub |