Ocimum gratissimum L.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Ocimum gratissimum:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Rights holder/AuthorSujeevan Ratnasingham, Paul D.N. Hebert, Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Sourcehttp://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=427476

Description:

Erect perennial herb or soft shrub, up to 2 m. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, variously pubescent on both surfaces, gland dotted below. Margins often only dentate in the upper half. Inflorescences terminal, simple or sparingly branched. Calyx densely pubescent on the outside, lower lip often closing the mouth and obscuring the small white corolla.

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Rights holder/AuthorMark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe
Sourcehttp://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150360

National NatureServe Conservation Status:
United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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Miscellaneous Details:

"Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Moist Localities"

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Rights holder/Author"G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram", India Biodiversity Portal
Sourcehttp://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230538

NatureServe Conservation Status:

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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Brief:

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub

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Rights holder/Author"Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi", India Biodiversity Portal
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Stem and Leaf: A tea is made from aerial parts of the plant to treat colds, especially chest colds, and to remedy pains of wind (flatulence) in the stomach. Leaf: Infusion for a sedative and antispasmodic.

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Rights holder/AuthorSmithsonian Institution, Robert A. DeFilipps, Shirley L. Maina, Juliette Crepin, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Botany
Sourcehttp://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html

National Distribution:
United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Uses:

Medicinal

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Rights holder/Author"Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi", India Biodiversity Portal
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Distribution:

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Global Distribution

Pantropical

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

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Rights holder/Author"Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi", India Biodiversity Portal
Sourcehttp://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230538
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