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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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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Stimulant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Stomach China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Stomachic Elsewhere *
Stomachic 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.
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Throat Elsewhere *
Tumor Algeria Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Diaphragm) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Wart Greece Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.