Ocimum angustifolium
Benth.
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Description
A shrubby herb. It has many branches. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are narrow and had many gland dots. The edges curl under. The flowers are in spaced clusters 12 cm long at the ends of branches.
Edible Uses
The leaves and plant material are used to make a vegetable relish.
Traditional Uses
It is used to make a vegetable relish.
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Medicinal Uses
It is used as a famine food.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It can grow in arid places. It grows in grassland and scrub.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,
Other Information
They are a famine food.
Synonyms
Also Known As
mu-Ruria-Tatha
References (4)
- BROKENSHA & RILEY, (As Becium angustifolium)
- RILEY & BROKENSHA (As Becium angustifolium)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 19th April 2011] (As Becium angustifolium)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
