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Ocimum obovatum

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID643fe4c757f41916288464
Scientific name Ocimum obovatum
Authority E.Mey.
First published in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. : 226 (1838)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ocimum hians var. macrocaulon Briq. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 161 1895
Becium choanum P.A.Duvign. & Plancke Unknown Publ.
Becium grandiflorum var. obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) Sebald Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A 437: 29 (1989)
Becium obovatum N.E.Br. Fl. Cap. 5(1): 230 (1910)
Becium obovatum var. hians (Benth.) N.E.Br. Fl. Cap. 5(1): 231. 1910
Becium schweinfurthii (Briq.) N.E.Br. ex Broun & Massey Fl. Sudan 357. 1929 (1929)
Ocimum affine var. bafingensis A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 510. 1920
Ocimum knyanum var. astephanum Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 346. 1900
Ocimum hians var. microphyllum Briq. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 161. 1894

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Language Common/alternative name
English cat's whiskers
Afrikaans katsnor
Arabic حبق بيضاوي
Zulu iziba
Zulu ufukuzela
Zulu umathanjane
Zulu idada

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Name Authority First published in
Ocimum obovatum subsp. cordatum (A.J.Paton) A.J.Paton Basil : 33 (1999)
Ocimum obovatum subsp. crystallinum (A.J.Paton) A.J.Paton Basil : 34 (1999)
Ocimum obovatum subsp. obovatum Unknown

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Ocimum obovatum var. galpinii (Gürke) A.J.Paton Basil : 33 (1999)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000253440
Tropicos 17602962
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453049-1
The Plant List kew-137015
Open Tree Of Life 5783582
Observations.org 452634
IPNI 453049-1
iNaturalist 506975
GBIF 7308512

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Triterpenoid saponins from Becium grandiflorum var. obovatum. Burger I, Burger BV, Albrecht CF, Spies HS, Sándor P Phytochemistry 01-Dec-1998
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00413-0
PMID:9883595

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl] (4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8R,8aR,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-8,11-dihydroxy-9,9-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,12a-pentamethyl-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate 163076712 Click to see 1239.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00413-0
Beciumecine 1 162931092 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(COC(C2O)OC3C(OC(C(C3OC4C(C(CO4)(CO)O)O)O)OC5C(C(COC5OC(=O)C67CCC(CC6C8=CCC9C1(CC(C(C(C1C(CC9(C8(CC7)C)C)O)(C)CO)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)O)C)(C)C)O)O)C)O)O)O)O 1355.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00413-0

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