Ocimum basilicum , Kusumohak
| About Plant | Ocimum basilicum (Family: Lamiaceae) is an erect glabrous herb. It is indigenous to India. The genus Ocimum (Lamiaceae), collectively called basil, an important economic and medicinal herb, imprises about sixty-five species widespread in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world |
| Plant Variety | Kusumohak |
| Major Constituents of Variety | Linalool 45%, Methyl chavicol 37% |
| Essential Oil | Ocimum basilicum essential oil
, Ocimum basilicum Kusumohak essential oil
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| Compounds in essential Oil | methyl chavicol, 1,8-cineole, Linalool, L-camphor, Limonene, Eugenol, camphene germacrene D, methyl eugenolMethyl chavicol and Linalool |
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| Contributor | S Kumar, JR Bahl, RP Bansal, SPS Khanuja, MP Darokar, AK Shasany, SN Garg,AA Naqvi, S Sharma, A Singh and G Ram |
| Year of Release | 1999 |
| Reference | Registration of a new variety ”Kusumohak” of Ocimum basilicum. J. Med. Arom. Pl. Sci (1999) 21: 46. |
