Sweet basil: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Sweet basil in English is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum americanum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ocimum stamineum Sims (among others).
2) Sweet basil is also identified with Ocimum basilicum It has the synonym Plectranthus barrelieri Spreng. (etc.).
3) Sweet basil is also identified with Ocimum x africanum It has the synonym Ocimum pilosum Willdenow (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (Harvey) (1910)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Journal of the Indian Botanical Society (1986)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1962)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (1830)
· Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Botanica (1992)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sweet basil, for example extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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Partial matches: Basil.
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A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms (by Fa-Hien)
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