WorldFloraDB - Ocimum kilimandscharicum

Characteristics

A shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2 m tall. The branches are 4 sided and hairy. The leaves are simple, opposite and oblong. They narrow to the base. There are teeth along the edge. The seeds are black and very small. They are 2 mm long and 1 mm wide.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter)	1.5
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

A tropical plant. It needs well drained soil. It suits areas with a rainfall or 1,250 mm per year. In India it grows up to 900 m above sea level.

More

Not known

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

Usage

The leaves are occasionally use for tea. They are used to flavour rice, dahls and vegetables. The shoots are cooked with dried fish and alkali solution and eaten.

Uses	invertebrate food material medicinal poison tea
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Anti-bacterial agents (aerial part), Insecticides (flower), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Antineoplastic agents (leaf), Antioxidants (leaf), Antipyretics (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Wound healing (leaf), Insecticides (shoot), Insecticide (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified), Anorexia (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Antitubercular agents (unspecified), Antitussive agents (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Burns (unspecified), Central nervous system diseases (unspecified), Conjunctivitis (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Eye diseases (unspecified), Eye infections (unspecified), Graves ophthalmopathy (unspecified), Halitosis (unspecified), Insect repellents (unspecified), Insecticides (unspecified), Measles (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Wound healing (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (whole plant), Antifungal agents (whole plant), Hypertension (whole plant excluding root), Parasympatholytics (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be grown by seeds or cuttings. The seeds are put in a nursery and then transplanted.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	5 - 10
Germination temperacture (C°)	17 - 18
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-