Medicinal plant details
Ocimum tenuiflorumL.
(Tulasi)
| Common name | Tulasi |
| Habit | Herb |
| Habitat | Cultivated, common in waste places and also found in plain districts |
| Parts used | Whole plant |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lumnitzera tenuiflora (L.) Spreng. |
| 2 | Moschosma tenuiflora Heynh. |
| 3 | Ocimum anisodorum F.Muell. |
| 4 | Ocimum caryophyllinum F.Muell. |
| 5 | Ocimum hirsutum Benth. |
| 6 | Ocimum inodorum Burm.f. |
| 7 | Ocimum monachorum L. |
| 8 | Ocimum sanctum L. |
| 9 | Ocimum sanctum var. cubensis M.Gomez |
| 10 | Ocimum scutellarioides Willd. ex Benth. |
| 11 | Ocimum subserratum B.Heyne ex Hook.f. |
| 12 | Ocimum tomentosum Lam. |
| 13 | Ocimum villosum Roxb. |
| 14 | Plectranthus monachorum Spreng. |
| 15 | Ocimum sanctum var. hirsutum (Benth.) Hook.f. |
| 16 | Ocimum sanctum var. angustifolium Benth. |
| 17 | Ocimum tenuiflorum var. anisodorum (F.Muell.) Domin |
| 18 | Ocimum tenuiflorum f. villicaulis Domin |
| 19 | Geniosporum tenuiflorum Merr. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Ocimum |
| Species | Ocimum tenuiflorum L. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Surasa, Krsnatulasi, Bana Tulasi |
| English | Holy Basil |
| Hindi | Tulasi |
| Kannada | Tulasi, Shree Tulasi, Vishnu Tulasi |
| Marathi | Tulas |
| Malayalam | Pachcha, Kunnakam |
| Bengali | Tulasi |
| Tamil | Tulasi, Thulasi, Thiru Theezai |
| Telugu | Oddhi, Rudrajada |
| Urdu | Raihan, Tulsi |
Morphology
Erect, branched sub-shrub with 30-60 cm tall. Leaves are 2.5-5 cm long, 1.6-3.2 cm wide, oblong, obtuse, opposite green or purple leaves and strong aromatic characteristics. Flowers are white purplish in terminal verticils in close whorls
Distribution
Native throughout the world tropics
Medicinal uses
Asthma, Cough, Hiccup, Emesis, Helminthiasis, Sharp pain, Filariasis, Stone formation, Diseases of eyes
References
| 1 | Pandey, G. S., and Chunekar, K. C. (2010). Bhavaprakasha nighantu of Bhavamishra. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Publications, 111. |
| 2 | Mamun-Or-Rashid, A. N. M., Azam, M. M., Dash, B. K., Hafiz, F. B., and Sen, M. K. (2013). Ethnomedicobotanical study on Ocimum sanctum L.(Tulsi)-A review. Mintage Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences, 2, 37-42. |