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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ocimum canum

Common Name
Kemangi; Ruku-ruku

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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
Ache(Head) India(Santal) *
Ardor India(Santal) *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Catarrh Malaya *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Cough Malaya *
Dysentery Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Fever Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Parasiticide Sudan Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Rabies India(Santal) *
Skin Sudan Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Skin India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Spasm India(Santal) *