Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:597. 1753
Verified:
05/19/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
brush-leaf-tea – holy basil – sacred basil – India (Hindi)
tulsi – Portuguese (Brazil)
manjericão-branco – Spanish
albahaca morada – Swedish
helig basilika –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948- |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Weed | | | Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948- |
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=25491.
Accessed 20 September 2024.