Ocimum canum Sims. - hoary basil
Ocimum canum Sims. - hoary basil
Ocimum canum Sims. - hoary basil
Ocimum canum Sims. - hoary basil
MH229 : Ocimum canum Sims.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 424 |
| Synonym | : | Ocimum americanum auct.;
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| Plant Common Name | : | Ran - Tulas |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae / Labiatae |
| Description | : | Perennial, much branched, 30-60 cm. Stems with simple, retrorse or spreading, white, eglandular hairs. Leaves elliptic to ovate, 3-3 x 1-1.5 cm, subentire or finely crenulate above, acute, cuneale, glabrescent or sparsely pilose, gland-dotted on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 cm. Verticillasters 5-16, clearly separated or contiguous above, 6-10-flowered. Bracts 2-3 mm. Calyx c. 2.5 mm in flower, 4-5.5 mm long in fruit; indumentum in flower of long white eglandular hairs mainly at base of calyx, glabrescent; tube villous within; fruiting pedicels c. 3.5 mm, erect-adpressed to axis, apically reflexed. Corolla white, c. 5 mm, pilose. Stamens exserted, glabrous or pilose, toothed at base or not. Nutlets c. 1.5 x 0.8- 1.3 mm, narrow oblong, dark brown or black, densely white mucilaginous on wetting.
Fl. Per.: ± throughout the year. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Antibiotic |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: camphor; citral; terpinen-4-ol; alpha-terpineol; methyl trans-cinnamate; Geraniol; Geranial; Germacrene-D; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Alpha-terpineol; Camphor; Terpinen-4-ol; Geraniol; Citral; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200019913
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082313/ |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family |
| Genus | : Ocimum L. - basil |
| Species | : Ocimum canum Sims. - hoary basil |