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Ocimum gratissimum

Scientific name: Ocimum gratissimum L.
Synonym: Ocimum guineense Schumach. & Thonn.
Synonym 2: Ocimum viride Willd.
Botanical family: LAMIACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Dominican Republic:

  • albahaca vaca

Haiti:

  • atiyayo
  • gwo fonbazen

Guatemala:

  • basen

Saint Lucia:

  • vanne van

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Perennial shrub 2-3 m high. Stems glabrous but pubescent on younger branches.  Leaves broadly elliptical, acuminate at both ends 6-12 cm x 3-6 cm; inflorescence a lax racemes 10-15 cm long, corolla tubular 2.5 mm long, white and purple; fruit 4 spherical nutlets with verrucose pericarp, 1.2 mm in diameter.

Voucher(s)

Rouzier,81,SOE
Mejía,1399,JBSD
Fuentes,4652,ROIG
Graveson,2566,SLNH


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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