Ocimum BASILICUM L.
| Synonym : | Ocimum album L. Ocimum anisatum Benth. Ocimum thyrsiflorum L. Plectranthus barrelieri (Roth) Spreng. |
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| Bangla Name : | Babui Tulshi. |
| English Name : | Sweet Basil, Common Basil. |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Carminative, alexipharmac, stomachic, diuretic, stimulant, antipyretic, diaphoretic, expectorant, pectoral, , gonorrhoea, dysentery, ringworm, scorpion-sting, cough, nasal myosis, sclerosis of liver , spleen, parasiticidal, antiseptic, demulcent, stimula |
| Description : | An erect aromatic herb up to 0.9 m high. Leaves 2.5-5 cm long, ovate, acute, entire or more or less toothed or lobed. Flowers in whorls, densely racemose, the terminal raceme usually much longer than the lateral ones, corolla 8-13 mm long, white, pink or purplish. Nutlets about 2 mm long, ellipsoid, black. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts yield about 1% essential oil containing linalool, borneol, eugenol, thymol, methylcinnamate, methyl chavicol (major constituent), ocimene, borneol, sambulene and safrole. It also contains terpinene and small amounts of cineole, sesquiterpenes |
| Uses : | The plant is carminative, alexipharmac, stomachic, diuretic, stimulant, antipyretic, diaphoretic, expectorant and pectoral, used in gonorrhoea, chronic dysentery, ringworm, scorpion-sting, cough, nasal myosis, sclerosis of liver and spleen. Decoction of t |
| Habit : | Herb |