Ocimum gratissimum
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Description
Perennial herb, 1-3 m high, woody at the base.
Leaves membranaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, 5-10 by 2.5-4.5 cm, acute, base cuneate, entire;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya present; Sumatera (Sumatera present), Banka present, New Britain present, Pantropical present, West Java present
Pantropical; in Malesia: Sumatra (also Banka), Malaya, West Java, and New Britain.
Uses
Also cultivated as a hedge-plant, and found in native cemeteries. Leaves when bruised strongly smelling of cloves (/. caryophyllatum) or of thyme (f. graveolens). According to HEYNE () hardly of economic importance; an infusion of the leaves is used as a kind of tea in S. Sumatra. Also applied to ritual washing of corpses.
Citation
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 1574
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 128
CHEVALIER 1938 – In: Rev. Bot. Appl. Agr. Col.: 478
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 938
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 34
BACK. & BAKH.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 639
Koord. 1923 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 158
Bl. 1826: Bijdr.: 832
LINNE 1973: Atlas: t. 546
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 608
BACK. 1931: Onkr. Suiker.: 575
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 702
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mai. Pen.: 644