Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Bahamas, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Kenya, Line Is., Malawi, Marquesas, Niue, Samoa, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zambia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Geniosporum tenuiflorum (L.) Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 379 (1921)
- Lumnitzera tenuiflora (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., 2: 687 (1825)
- Moschosma tenuiflorum (L.) Heynh. in Nom. Bot. Hort.: 532 (1841)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ocimum flexuosum Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 481 (1837), nom. illeg.
- Ocimum hirsutum Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14 (1830)
- Ocimum inodorum Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 130 (1768)
- Ocimum monachorum L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 85 (1767)
- Ocimum sanctum L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 85 (1767)
- Ocimum sanctum var. cubensis Gomes in Anales Hist. Nat. 19: 262 (1890)
- Ocimum sanctum var. hirsutum (Benth.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 4: 609 (1885)
- Ocimum scutellarioides Willd. ex Benth. in Linnaea 11: 344 (1837)
- Ocimum subserratum B.Heyne ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 4: 609 (1885)
- Ocimum tenuiflorum f. villicaulis Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 562 (1928)
- Ocimum tomentosum Lam. in Encycl. 1: 387 (1785)
- Ocimum villosum Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 13 (1832), nom. illeg.
- Plectranthus monachorum (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., 2: 690 (1825)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
- Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
- Manikandan, R., Chandrasekar, K. & Srivastava, S.K. (2012). Life form analysis of the family Lamiaceae in Jammu & Kashmir, India. Phytotaxonomy 12: 7-19.
- National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
- Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
- Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
- Smith, A.C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 1-626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
- Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2005). Taxonomic Revision of the tribe Ocimeae Dumort (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60: 3-75.
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Species Profiles
- Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses, 3rd Ed. Cambridge University Press.
- National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR) (2003). The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. First Supplement Series (Raw Materials), Vol. 4: J-Q. CSIR, New Delhi.
- Promjit Saralamp, Wongsatit Chuakul, Rungravi Temsiririrkkul & Clayton, T. (1996). Medicinal Plants in Thailand Vol. 1. Dept. of Pharmaceutical Botany, Mahidol University, Bangkok.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- (2020). file:///C:/Users/rg02kg/Downloads/7790-19423-1-PB.pdf. epublication.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
- Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
- Manikandan, R., Chandrasekar, K. & Srivastava, S.K. (2012). Life form analysis of the family Lamiaceae in Jammu & Kashmir, India. Phytotaxonomy 12: 7-19.
- Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
- Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Sykes, W.R. (1970). Contributions to the flora of Niue. Bulletin, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 200: 1-321.
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Thaman, R.R. & Tye, A. (2015). Flora of Kiritimari (Christmass) atoll, Northern Line islands, Republic of Kiribati. Atoll Research Bulletin 608: 1-73.
- Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
- Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
- Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Bot.)19: 113 (1989)
- K.B. 47: 432 (1992)
- K.B. 47: 432 (1992).
- Sp. Pl.: 597 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Nov 27, 2015 | Rafidah, A.R. et al. [FRI64361], Malaysia | K000734908 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2012 | Cheng, S.K. et al. [CL1339], Cambodia | K000735617 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2011 | Zainal Arifin [596] | K000735044 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2011 | David [CL655], Cambodia | K000735325 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2011 | Cheng [CL1346], Cambodia | K000735327 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2011 | David [CL814], Cambodia | K000735328 | No | ||
May 1, 2000 | Matamin Rumutom [337], Malaysia | K000897273 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1999 | Bloembergen, S. [3224], Indonesia | K000897264 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1999 | Powell, D.A. [XI1351], Australia | K000897252 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1999 | Powell, D.A. [XI1351], Australia | K000897253 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1997 | Tadong, L. [80], Malaysia | K000897278 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1997 | Andau, D. [19], Malaysia | K000897275 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1997 | Tadong, D. [277], Malaysia | K000897277 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1997 | Tadong, D. [137], Malaysia | K000897279 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1997 | Tadong, D. [570], Malaysia | K000897276 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1994 | Luke, W.R.Q. [3840], Kenya | K000434797 | No | ||
Aug 24, 1989 | Mamit, J.D. [34564], Malaysia | K000897270 | No | ||
Nov 18, 1988 | Harini [075], Indonesia | K000897291 | No | ||
Aet [525], Indonesia | K000897215 | No | |||
Wiakabu, J. [LAE73562], Papua New Guinea | K000897211 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000897290 | No | |||
Teruya, E. [1658], Indonesia | K000897287 | No | |||
Enoh, M. [382], Indonesia | K000897271 | No | |||
Ambri [1241], Indonesia | K000897265 | No | |||
Buwalda, P. [4976], Indonesia | K000897261 | No | |||
s.coll. [3474], Philippines | K000897235 | No | |||
Reynoso, E. [1463], Philippines | K000897229 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [2433], Indonesia | K000897216 | No | |||
Fraser, M. [254], Malaysia | K000897284 | No | |||
Keith, H.G. [7394], Malaysia | K000897285 | No | |||
Ambri [1240], Indonesia | K000897266 | No | |||
Loher, A. [4220], Philippines | K000897234 | No | |||
Vidal, S. [3480], Philippines | K000897227 | No | |||
Lütjeharms, W.J. [4922], Indonesia | K000897289 | No | |||
Daernedi, D. [690], Indonesia | K000897250 | No | |||
Hellwig, F. [94], Papua New Guinea | K000897212 | No | |||
Wallace, A.R. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000897257 | No | |||
Buwalda, P. [4051], Indonesia | K000897262 | No | |||
Conklin, H.C. [37857], Philippines | K000897230 | No | |||
Gaerlan, F. [3080], Philippines | K000897228 | No | |||
Burbidge, F.W. [s.n.], Philippines | K000897241 | No | |||
Yii, P.C. [60625], Malaysia | K000897269 | No | |||
Meyer, A.B. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000897258 | No | |||
Kadir [A929], Malaysia | K000897286 | No | |||
Moseley, H.N. [s.n.], Philippines | K000897236 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [s.n.] | K000911680 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Yii, P.C. [63290], Malaysia | K000897268 | No | |||
Eyma, P.J. [1748], Indonesia | K000897259 | No | |||
Gregory, V.B. [57], Philippines | K000897231 | No | |||
Fraser, M. [223], Malaysia | K000897272 | No | |||
Teruya, Z. [1763], Indonesia | K000897263 | No | |||
Loher, A. [4222], Philippines | K000897240 | No | |||
Loher, A. [4221], Philippines | K000897237 | No | |||
Pleyte, D.R. [150], Indonesia | K000897260 | No | |||
Goklin, T. [2552], Malaysia | K000897282 | No | |||
Usteri, P.A. [2820], Philippines | K000897233 | No | |||
Moseley, H.N. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000897256 | No | |||
Keith, H.G. [1611], Malaysia | K000897283 | No | |||
Jones, B.L. [472], Malaysia | K000897274 | No | |||
Horsfield, T. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000897288 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [1779], Philippines | K000897238 | No | |||
Wight [s.n.], India | K000911681 | Yes | |||
Creagh, C.M.G. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000897280 | No | |||
Koorders, S.H. [26206], Indonesia | K000897292 | No | |||
Haviland, G.D. [3051], Malaysia | K000897281 | No | |||
Merrill, E.D. [400], Philippines | K000897232 | No | |||
Yii, P.C. [62838], Malaysia | K000897267 | No | |||
Branderhorst, B. [50], Indonesia | K000897214 | No | |||
Taylor, P.M. [507], Indonesia | K000897251 | No | |||
Koorders, S.H. [27453], Indonesia | K000897293 | No | |||
Savinierre, E. de la [340], Indonesia | K000897255 | No | |||
Achmad [305], Indonesia | K000897294 | No | |||
Carr, C.E. [11605], Papua New Guinea | K000897213 | No | |||
Meyer, A.B. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000897254 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2717], India | Ocimum hirsutum | K001116922 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2717], India | Ocimum hirsutum | K001116925 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2717] | Ocimum hirsutum | K001116924 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2717], India | Ocimum hirsutum | K001116923 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2717], India | Ocimum hirsutum | K001116921 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1964 | Thomson, G. [68], Singapore | Ocimum sanctum | K000897338 | No | |
India | Ocimum sanctum | 33715.000 | No | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116910 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116916 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116911 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2716], Myanmar | Ocimum sanctum | K001116909 | Yes | ||
Yapp, R.H. [298], Malaysia | Ocimum sanctum | K000897339 | No | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116919 | Yes | ||
Teo, L.E. [562], Malaysia | Ocimum sanctum | K000897341 | No | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116913 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116920 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116914 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116915 | Yes | ||
Carrick, J. [1504], Malaysia | Ocimum sanctum | K000897340 | No | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116918 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116917 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2716] | Ocimum sanctum | K001116912 | Yes | ||
Bally, P.R.O. [15966], Somalia | Ocimum tomentosum | 52044.000 | No | ||
Gilbert | Ocimum tomentosum | 60210.000 | No |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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