Botanical name : Ocimum americanum Linn.

Family : Lamiaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Vana tulasi, Aranya tulasi, Vanabarbarika.

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Kashaya, Katu, Tikta

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha

Virya : Ushna

Vipaka : Katu

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Hoary basil

Hindi : Vantulsi

Malayalam : Kattutalasi, Kattutrittav

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Plant commonly found in fields and waste lands, throughout India. A pubescent erect, and much branched herb, grows up to 1 meter. Leaves elliptic – lanceolate, entire or faintly toothed, glabrous and gland dotted. Flowers white or whitish pink found in elongate recemes. Fruits are small, nutlets are pitted, mucilaginous when wet.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, helminthiasis, anorexia, dyspepsia, pruritis, leprosy, vomiting, poison, migraine, and fever. Seeds are good remedy for hyperdipsia, fever, migraine, and emaciation.

Useful part : Leaves, Seeds.