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Ocimum basilicum

Common Name
Me-Boki; Selaseh; Albahaca; Feslegen; Raihan Al Malik; Raihana; Selasih; Lo Le; Rainan; Selaseh jantan; Ai K'Ang; Basil; Chiu Ts'Eng T'A; Hsiang Ts'Ai; Selaseh hitam; Basilic; Chahchabram; Basilicon; I Tzu Ts'Ao

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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
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral Elsewhere *
Perfume Panama(Cuna) *
Perfume Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Piles Elsewhere *
Polypus China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Refrigerant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Repellant(Insect) Elsewhere *
Ringworm Elsewhere *
Rodent-Ulcer China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sinus Elsewhere *
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sore Elsewhere *
Sore(Throat) Malaya *
Spasm India(Santal) *
Spasm Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Spasm Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Spasm Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Spice Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.