Seed - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 47066 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 126.01 LABIATAE Ocimum basilicum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Seed | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Seed | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | SeedUse: MEDICINES - Nervous System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Nervous System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 19 F 3 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | India Museum Date: 00/01/1880x0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Small, black, oblong, seeds barely, 1/16 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 have, no odour. The taste is oily and 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 basil seed imported from Persia. It does not grow in this, part of India but is worthy of introduction, as it has a perculiarly delicate verbena odour. Roxburgh describes it as a native of India, and gives the Bengalee name as 'Babooi Toolsi' he also notices its use as a medicine. Large quantities of the seed are, imported from the Persian Gulf. The Bombay druggists corrupt the name into Takneria. Medicinally, it is mucilaginous and slightly stimulant. | ||||