Botanical Name: Ocimum adscendens Wild
Family: Labiatae; Lamiaceae
Introduction:
Endemic plant, seen in Western Ghats. Used in folk for treatment of cough and cholera.
Names in different Indian languages
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Synonyms
Classification according to Charaka, Susrutha & Vagbhata
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Varieties & adulterants – (CV – controversy, AD – adulterants)
Morphology
Branched, aromatic under shrub 30-50 cm high, sometimes woody, hairy.
Leaves—simple, opposite, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, – entire or subserrate. Petioles slender hairy
Flowers— very small, borne in terminal and axillary racemes.
Fruits— subglobose or broadly oblong nut lets.
Flowers and fruits almost throughout the year (mainly during September-February).
Distribution & Habitat
Western ghats
Chemical constituents:
camphor, pinene, limonene, terpinolene, myrcene
Indication:
Fever, cholera
Part used:
Leaves
Dosage:
5-6 ml
Therapeutic Uses:
- Leaf juice + sugar useful in cholera.
