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Ethnobotanical Plant Ocimum americanum

Common Name
Basilic

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bronchitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Catarrh Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cold Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cough Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cough Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.