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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Ocimum sanctum

Common Name
Lampes, L., Ruku-ruku merah, Kami-Me-Boki, Ruku-ruku, Selaseh, Kemangen, Surasa, Oku

Activities

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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(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Ear) Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Ache(Ear) Nepal *
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere *
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bronchitis Malaya *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Nepal *
Bronchitis Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Cold Curacao *
Collapse India(Santal) *
Collyrium Kemangi *
Conjunctivitis Kemangi *
Cough India(Santal) *
Demulcent Malaya *