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

 Ocimum canum (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kemangi; Ruku-ruku

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) India(Santal) *
Ardor India(Santal) *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
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) *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.