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Details for: PI 288779,
Ocimum tenuiflorum
L., 512
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ocimum tenuiflorum
L.
Top Name:
512
Origin:
Collected – Gujarat, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
19 Apr 1963
PI Assigned:
1963
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
171
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 288779 06ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ocimum tenuiflorum
L.
Top Name:
512
Origin:
Collected – Gujarat, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
19 Apr 1963
PI Assigned:
1963
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
20 December 1962.
Gujarat, India
Comment:
Bhuj, Kutch District, Gujarat
Collector(s):
Hymowitz, Theodore, University Illinois
Donated
19 April 1963.
Oklahoma, United States
Donor(s):
Hymowitz, Theodore, University Illinois
Accession Names and Identifiers
512
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Christian religious plant; mosquito repellant; Tusli (green type).
Ocimum tenuiflorum
L.
Genus:
Ocimum
Family:
Lamiaceae
(alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Subtribe:
Ociminae
Nomen number:
25491
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:597. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/19/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ocimum sanctum
L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
brush-leaf-tea
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
holy basil
1
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
English
sacred basil
1
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
India (Hindi)
tulsi
as
Ocimum sanctum
2
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
Portuguese (Brazil)
manjericão-branco
2
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Spanish
albahaca morada
as
Ocimum sanctum
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Ocimum sanctum
L.
Swedish
helig basilika
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
21 Nov 1996, from
Ocimum sanctum
L. to
Ocimum tenuiflorum
L.
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Citations
Fuller, N. J., R. B. Pegg, J. Affolter, & D. Berle.
2018. Variation in Growth and Development, and Essential Oil Yield between Two Ocimum Species (O. tenuiflorum and O. gratissimum) Grown in Georgia. HortScience 53(9):1275-1282.
DOI:
10.21273/HORTSCI13156-18
.
Number of accessions cited:
9
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
Pyne, R. M., J. A. Honig, J. Vaiciunas, C. A. Wyenandt, & J. E. Simon.
2018. Population structure, genetic diversity and downy mildew resistance among
Ocimum
species germplasm. B. M. C. Pl. Biol. 18:69.
DOI:
10.1186/s12870-018-1284-7
.
Number of accessions cited:
54
Rewers, M. & I. Jedrzejczyk.
2016. Genetic charcterization of
Ocimum
genus using flow cytometry and inter-simple sequence repeat markers. Industr. Crops Prod. 91:142-151.
DOI:
10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.07.006
.
Number of accessions cited:
28
Sims, C. A., H. R. Juliani, S. R. Mentreddy & J. E. Simon.
2014. Essential Oils in Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum L.) as Influenced by Planting Dates and Harvest Times in North Alabama. J. Medicin. Active Pl. 2(3):33-41.
DOI:
10.7275/R5P26W1X
.
Number of accessions cited:
4
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Phenotype Data
Category
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Description
Value
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Study
Inventory
Availability
CHEMICAL
ESSENTIAL OIL YIELD
Percent (volume/weight dry leaf) of total distilled essential oil
1.75
OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003
PI 288779 97ncai01 SD
Not Available
CHEMICAL
BETA-BISABOLENE
Percent of total essential oil as Beta-Bisabolene.
5
OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003
PI 288779 97ncai01 SD
Not Available
CHEMICAL
CARYOPHYLLENE
Percent of total essential oil as Caryophyllene.
8.3
OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003
PI 288779 97ncai01 SD
Not Available
CHEMICAL
ELEMENE
Percent of total essential oil as Elemene.
26.5
OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003
PI 288779 97ncai01 SD
Not Available
CHEMICAL
EUGENOL
Percent of total essential oil as Eugenol.
33
OCIMUM.OIL.OXENHAM.2003
PI 288779 97ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
0.03
OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICAL
PI 288779 80ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
0.04
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 288779 06ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
0.04
OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICAL
PI 288779 82ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
0.04
OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICAL
PI 288779 97ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
Weight of 100 seeds in grams
0.05
OCIMUM.SEEDWEIGHT.HISTORICAL
PI 288779 75ncpo01 SD
Not Available