Ocimum sanctum
Nombres vernáculos
(en territorios con usos significativos TRAMIL)
Cuba:
- albahaca morada
Santo Domingo:
- albahaca morada
Distribución geográfica
Nativa de los trópicos de Asia y Africa, cultivada en otras partes del mundo.
Descripción botánica
Subarbustos de hasta 1 m de alto, muy ramificados. Tallos erectos, con la base leñosa. Hojas aovadas, pubérulas a glabrescentes de 3 a 5 cm de largo, base cuneada a redondeada, dentadas con ápice obtuso. Verticilastros de 6 flores, en tirsos terminales o panículas de 6-8 cm; brácteas sésiles; corola púrpura a blanca de unos 3 mm; estambres libres, ligeramente exertos. Nuecesillas café, ovoides, glandular-foveoladas, de casi 1 mm.
Voucher(s)
Soberats,TR90-01,CIFMT
Farmacopea
Ed.3References
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