| PlantID | 0092 |
| Botanical Name | Ocimum americanum |
| Common Name | Vantulsi |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Asteridae | | Order: | Lamiales | | Family: | Lamiaceae | | Genus: | Ocimum | | Species: | americanum |
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| Part used | Leaves, seeds. |
| Medicinal Properties | Leaves: aromatic, acrid, bitter, thermogenic, appetizing, digestive, carminative, depurative, expectorant, anthelmintic, cardiotonic, alexeteric and tonic.
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| Medicinal Use | Leaves: useful in helminthiasis, anorexia, dyspepsia, flatulence, dysentery, leprosy, pruritus, parasitic, vomiting, poisonous affections, haemoptysis, strangury, migraine, malaria and fever. Seeds: useful in hyperdipsia, malaria, migraine and emaciation.
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| Chemistry | Citral, linalool, geraniol, citronellol.
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| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Found in open fields and waste lands. |
| Description | A pubescent erect much branched herb, 15-60cm high with sub-quadrangular striate branches. Leaves: elliptic-lanceolate, entire or faintly toothed, glabrous and gland dotted. Flowers: white, pink or purplish in elongate racemes with more or less closely set whorls. Fruits: small, nutlets pitted, mucilaginous when wetted.
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