WorldFloraDB - Ocimum campechianum

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 1 m high. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are 2-12 cm long by 1-8 cm wide. The flower groups are 4-7 cm long.

Life form	annual
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	1.0
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

Waste and cultivated ground in the Bahamas. Moist to dry thickets or open fields, often on rocky hillsides or on gravel and sand bars along streams, at elevations up to 1,300 metres in Guatemala.

More

It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 900 m altitude.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves and stems are used to season food. The leaves are boiled and used to make a hot drink.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves stems
Therapeutic use	Influenza, human (leaf), Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Catarrh (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Collyrium (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Lacrimatory (unspecified), Mouth (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Rabies(Veterinary) (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Aftosa (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dullness (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	12 - 15
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-