Details for: PI 207498, Ocimum basilicum L., B-44178


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Top Name:
B-44178
Origin:
Collected – Kābul, Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
29 Oct 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 207498 25ncab01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Top Name:
B-44178
Origin:
Collected – Kābul, Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
29 Oct 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
PRE October 1953.
Kābul, Afghanistan
Locality: From a market at Kabul.

Collector(s):
Donated
29 October 1953.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
B-44178
Type: Unverified name

PQX35991
Type: Unverified name

12648
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Ocimum basilicum L.
Genus:
Ocimum
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Subtribe:
Ociminae
Nomen number:

25478
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:597. 1753
Verified:
01/23/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Ocimum basilicum L. var. basilicum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ocimum basilicum L. var. album (L.) Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. difforme Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. glabratum Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. majus Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. purpurescens Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth.
Ocimum ciliatum Hornem.
Ocimum thyrsiflorum L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbasil  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsweet basil  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Arabicreihan  2Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Frenchbasilic  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
GermanBasilienkraut  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
GermanBasilikum  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italianbasilico  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Japanese Rōmajime-bōki  2Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Portuguesealfavaca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesemanjericão  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishalbahaca  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Swedishbasilika  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseluo le  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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Citations
  • Ben-Naim, Y., L. Falach, & Y. Cohen. 2015. Resistance Against Basil Downy Mildew in Ocimum Species. Phytopathology 105:778-785. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-11-14-0295-R. Number of accessions cited: 83
  • Oxenham, S. K. 2003. Classification of an Ocimum Germplasm Collection (NCRPIS, Ames) and Investigation of Antifungal Activity. Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences of The University of Glasgow; Plant and Soil Research Group, Research and Development Division, The Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, Estate, Ayr Campus. Unpublished dissertation 1-239. Number of accessions cited: 73
  • Santos da Costa, A., M. de Fatima Arrigoni-Blank, J. L. Sandes de Carvalho Filho, A. D. Dantas de Santana, & A. Fitgerald Blank. 2015. Chemical Diversity in Basil (Ocimum sp.) Germplasm. The Scientific World Journal 2015:352638. DOI: 10.1155/2015/352638. Number of accessions cited: 31
  • Yaldiz, G. & M. Camlica. 2020. Agro-morphological and phenotypic variability of sweet basil genotypes for breeding purposes. Crop Sci. (Madison) 61:621-642. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20391. Number of accessions cited: 72
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALESSENTIAL OIL YIELDPercent (volume/weight dry leaf) of total distilled essential oil2.3 OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003PI 207498 90ncai01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALMETHYL CHAVICOLPercent of total essential oil as Methyl Chavicol.87.7 OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003PI 207498 90ncai01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALMETHYL EUGENOLPercent of total essential oil as Methyl Eugenol.5.8 OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003PI 207498 90ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams0.04 OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICALPI 207498 76ncpo02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams0.16 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 207498 23ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams0.17 OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICALPI 207498 90ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams0.18 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 207498 25ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams0.19 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 207498 22ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams0.19 OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICALPI 207498 76ncpo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams0.2 OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICALPI 207498 76ncai01 SDNot Available