Ocimum gratissimum (Lemon basil) Medicinal uses, Adverse effects,Research & Pharmacology

Botanical Name: Ocimum gratissimum Linn.

Family: Labiatae; Lamiaceae

 

 Introduction:

Its properties are similar to Ocimum tenuiiflorum

 

 

Names in different Indian languages

 

English

Lemon basil, tea bush, Shrubby Basil.

Hindi

 

Kannada

 

Malayalam

Attuthulsi , malatulsi

Sanskrit

Vriddha Tulasi

Tamil

Elumicha-Tulasi, Peria Tulasi

Telugu

 

Unani

 

Folk

 

 

 

 

 

Synonyms

Raam-Tulasi, Raan-Tulasi, aranyatulsi ,bhrihatulasi

 

Classification according to Charaka, Susrutha & Vagbhata

 

Charaka

 

Susrutha

 

Vagbhata

 

 

          
        

  

 

Varieties & adulterants – (CV – controversy, AD – adulterants) 

 

 

 

Morphology

Branched, aromatic under shrub 30-50 cm high, sometimes  woody, hairy.

Leaves—simple, opposite, ovate, serrate, obtuse or acute, – entire or subserrate. Petioles slender hairy 

Flowers— very small,yellow,borne in terminal and axillary racemes.

Fruits— subglobose or broadly oblong nutlets.

Flowers and fruits almost throughout the year (mainly during September-February).

 

Distribution & Habitat

All over India

 

Chemical constituents:

 Clocimum, eugenol,methyl eugenol, eugenol acetate

 

 

Properties:

Its properties are similar to Ocimum tenuiiflorum

 

Special indication

constipation, cough, fever,nasal catarrh, gonorrhoea with difficult urination.

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