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Ocimum americanum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q3240154

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Has use
medicinal plant[4]
Short name
O. americanum[6]
Described by source
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66[5]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[14]
Parent taxon
Ocimum[2]
Taxon common name
灰罗勒, 灰罗勒, 草灵脂, American basil, hoary basil, lime basil, basilico americano, Cikkurang[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Taxon name
Ocimum americanum[3]
Taxon range
Loreto, São Luís, Maranhão, Angola, Myanmar, Gabon[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Taxon rank
species[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en hoary basil en hairy basil en hransvaal basil en Ocimum americanum ar حبق أمريكي de Amerikanisches Basilikum hi अरण्यतुलसी it basilico americano ko 회바질 ms Pokok Kemangi pl Bazylia amerykańska pt Alfavaca-do-campo zh 灰罗勒 zh 草灵脂 zh-hant 灰羅勒
🔖 Identifiers · 44
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ChristianBauer stalk of basil.jpg ↗
APNI ID
117083
African Plant Database ID
174892
BioLib taxon ID
654228
Catalogue of Life ID
48GB3
Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID
191472
EBiodiversity ID
648995
EPPO Code
OCICA
Ecocrop ID
2363
Encyclopedia of Life ID
483863
External data available at URL
www.gbif.org, www.gbif.org, www.gbif.org
Flora of China ID
200019913
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Flora of North America taxon ID
200019913
FloraBase ID
44784
Flowers of India ID
Hoary Basil
Freebase ID
/m/04y6p9l
GBIF taxon ID
2927097
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Gardens Navigator ID
33906
INaturalist taxon ID
181061
IPNI plant ID
316218-2
ITIS TSN
517628, 517629
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
230480
Indian Medicinal Plants Database ID
16562534d77643625eaab1f108606b1e
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778484742, 2909104002
MyBIS species ID
12595
NCBI taxonomy ID
204141
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID
flora/5/0/5057
Observation.org taxon ID
198800
Open Tree of Life ID
782165
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-136802
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316218-2
Queensland Biota ID
18722
Reflora ID
FB36584
TAXREF ID
109795
Tela Botanica ID
44332
Topic's main category
Category:Ocimum americanum
Tropicos ID
17607555
UBio ID
657585
UMLS CUI
C1483717
UNII
0899QOA7PA
WCSPF ID
136802
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000253211
Yale LUX ID
concept/ee63b803-353b-4942-b41e-da2fba0d97b0

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🔗 Connections
← Found in taxon 23
camphor, (±)-limonene, (E)-cinnamic acid, eugenol, linalool, camphene, myrcene, p-cymene +15 more
Taxon range 6
Angola, Myanmar, Gabon, Maranhão, São Luís, Loreto
Has use 1
medicinal plant
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Ocimum
Taxon rank 1
species
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Related Entities

Angola Gabon Myanmar

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [13] ↑ . google.co.id. Retrieved . google.co.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Iripseudocorus · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 28
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '灰罗勒'}, {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '灰罗勒'}, {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '草灵脂'} +5
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'bg', 'ceb', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ha'
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 25d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    ITIS TSN → 517628, 517629
    Has use → medicinal plant
    Instance of → taxon
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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