Seeds - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 46117 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 126.01 LABIATAE Ocimum basilicum | Entry Book Number | 129.1884 | |
| Artefact Name | Seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Seeds | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | SeedsUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | India Museum | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Small, black, oblong, seeds barely 1/16th of an inch long, slightly arched on one side and flattened on the other, blunt-pointed. At the base there is a small projection with a white point, where the seed was attached to the ovary. They h, ave no odour. The taste is slightly pungent. When placed in water or in the mouth they immediately become thickly coated with semi opaque mucilage. The plant was obtained by sowing some fresh bazaar seed imported from Persia. It does not grow in this, part of India, but is worthy of introduction, as it has a peculiarly delicate verbena odour. Roxburgh describes it as a native of India, and gives the Bengaleese name as Babooi toolsi; he also notices its use as a medicine. Lalrge quantities of the seed, are imported from the Persian Gulf. The Bombay druggists corrupt the name into Takmeria. Medicinally, it is mucilaginous and slightly stimulant. | ||||