Basilicum polystachyon
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Description
Erect herb, 0.4-1 m.
Leaves thin-membranaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, 2-5 by 1-3.5 cm, acuminate or caudate, base acute or attenuate, irregularly serrate, glabrous on both surfaces;
Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, included.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Ceylon present, New Britain present, SE. Asia present, Tropics of Africa present
Tropics of Africa, SE. Asia (incl. Ceylon), throughout Malesia to New Britain and Queensland.
Uses
According to HEYNE () the crushed leaves are used in Java for sprains. Decoctions are used externally and internally for epilepsy, palpitations of the heart, neuralgia and convulsions.
Citation
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 612
VIDAL 1885: Phan. Cuming. Philip.: 135
KENG 1969: p. 39. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 6
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 48
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 942
MORTON 1963 – In: Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2, 2: 454
HASSK. 1844: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 129
BACK. 1931: Onkr. Suiker.: 570
BTH. 1973: Atlas: t. 542
QUIS. 1951: Medic. Pl. Philip.: 824
BTH. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 421
MANSFELD 1929 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 380
K.SCH. &LAUT. 1900: Fl. Schutzgeb.: 529
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 638
O.K. 1891 – In: Rev. Gen. Pl.: 512
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 644
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 163
BTH. 1886: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 212
DECNE 1834 – In: Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris: 397
Merr. 1918: Sp. Blanc.: 339
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 1498