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Taxon:
Ocimum americanum
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ocimum
Family:
Lamiaceae
(alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Nomen number:
402305
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. I:15. 1755 (Amoen. acad. 4:276. 1759)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
06/12/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ocimum americanum
L. var.
americanum
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ocimum canum
Sims
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Note:
= O. americanum auct., citing O. canum
Erhardt, W. et al.
Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ocimum+americanum&quantity=1
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Funk, V. et al.
Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007
Hara, H. et al.
An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
Hokche, O. et al.
Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola. 2008
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Note:
= O. americanum auct., citing O. canum
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Paton, A. & E. Putievsky.
1996. Taxonomic problems and cytotaxonomic relationships between and within varieties of
Ocimum basilicum
and related species (Labiatae). Kew Bull. 51:513.
Paton, A.
1992. A synopsis of
Ocimum
L. (Labiatae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 47:424.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Ryding, O.
1994. Notes on the sweet basil and its wild relatives (Lamiaceae). Econ. Bot. 48:65.
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:218-220.
http://proseanet.org
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
American basil –
Reference(s)
hoary basil –
Reference(s)
German
Zitronen-Basilikum –
Reference(s)
Swedish
kamferbasilika –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Indochina
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia
,
South Africa
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Rwanda
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
,
Myanmar
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
potential as flavoring (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:218-220. 1993) –
Reference(s)
Human food
potential as vegetable (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:218-220. 1993) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses