EPPO Global Database

Ocimum tenuiflorum(OCISA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: OCISA
  • Preferred name: Ocimum tenuiflorum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Australia (Queensland). Introduced in eastern Africa, Caribbean, South America (northwest). Cultivated as a culinary herb and used medicinally


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Ocimum sanctum Linnaeus

Common names
Name
Language
shèng luó lè Chinese
圣罗勒 Chinese
heilige basilicum Dutch
Thaise basilicum Dutch
holy basil English
Indian holy basil English
basilic sacré French
basilic sacré à feuilles vertes French
basilic thaïlandais French
heiliges Basilikum German
indisches Basilikum German
Tulsi German
kemangi Indonesian
tulsi Indonesian
basilico sacro Italian
manjericão-pequeno Portuguese
manjericão-santo Portuguese
tulase Portuguese
базилик священный Russian
albahaca morada Spanish
helig basilika Swedish