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Ocimum guatemalense Gandoger
Ocimum guatemalense Gandoger


In Amazonia, where this plant is known as albahaca,
In Amazonia, where this plant is known as albahaca, iroro, pichana albaca, or pichana blanca, it is said that this basil species is hallucinogenic (Duke and Vasquez 1994*). The leaves are used as an ayahuasca additive. The herbage has ethnomedicinal use as an analgesic in Mexico and Guatemala (Alcorn 1984, 715*; Ott 1993, 416*). The plant is known as xkakaltun in the Yucatan, where it is regarded as a honey plant (Barrera M. et al. 1976, 263*) and is used in an abortifacient medicine (R~itsch and Probst 1983). The Siona Indians call the aromatic plant gana ma'nya, "chicha perfume:' and it is sin1ilarly known as kana na'nya among the Secoya (Vickers and Plowman 1984, 16*). It apparently was once used as a chicha additive. In Brazil, where the plant is known as mangericao, it is used in the Candomble cult as an ingredient in the initiatory drink (see madzoka medicine). It has folk medicinal significance in the Caribbean. The plant contains an essential oil (Wong 1976, 137*) whose constituents include camphene, cineol, linalool, myrcene, cis-trans-ocimene, a-pinene, fj-pinene, a-terpineol, aromandrene, fj-caryophyllene, fj-elemene, L\-elemene, ')'-elemene, a-humulene, neriol, and eugenol (Argueta V. et al. 1994,89*; Maia et al. 1988). Sacred basil (Ocimum sanctum 1. [syn. Ocimum tenuiflorum 1.]), a relative that is better known by the names tulasi, tulsi, and madura-tala (Knecht 1985), is not itself psychoactive,334 although it is chewed as a substitute for betel quids (Macmillan 1991,424*).
 
iroro, pichana albaca, or pichana blanca, it is
 
said that this basil species is hallucinogenic (Duke
 
and Vasquez 1994*). The leaves are used as an
 
ayahuasca additive. The herbage has ethnomedicinal
 
use as an analgesic in Mexico and
 
Guatemala (Alcorn 1984, 715*; Ott 1993, 416*).
 
The plant is known as xkakaltun in the Yucatan,
 
where it is regarded as a honey plant (Barrera M.
 
et al. 1976, 263*) and is used in an abortifacient
 
medicine (R~itsch and Probst 1983). The Siona
 
Indians call the aromatic plant gana ma'nya,
 
"chicha perfume:' and it is sin1ilarly known as
 
kana na'nya among the Secoya (Vickers and
 
Plowman 1984, 16*). It apparently was once used
 
as a chicha additive. In Brazil, where the plant is
 
known as mangericao, it is used in the Candomble
 
cult as an ingredient in the initiatory drink (see
 
madzoka medicine). It has folk medicinal significance
 
in the Caribbean. The plant contains an
 
essential oil (Wong 1976, 137*) whose constituents
 
include camphene, cineol, linalool, myrcene,
 
cis-trans-ocimene, a-pinene, fj-pinene, a-terpineol,
 
aromandrene, fj-caryophyllene, fj-elemene, L\-elemene,
 
')'-elemene, a-humulene, neriol, and eugenol
 
(Argueta V. et al. 1994,89*; Maia et al. 1988).
 
Sacred basil (Ocimum sanctum 1. [syn. Ocimum
 
tenuiflorum 1.]), a relative that is better known by
 
the names tulasi, tulsi, and madura-tala (Knecht
 
1985), is not itself psychoactive,334 although it is
 
chewed as a substitute for betel quids (Macmillan
 
1991,424*).</td>
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Knecht, Sigrid. 1985. Die heilige Heilpflanze Tulasi.
 
In "Ethnobotanik," special issue, Curare
 
3/85:95-100.
 
Maia, J. G. S., et al. 1988. Uncommon Brazilian
 
essential oils of the Labiatae and Compositae.
 
Dev. Food Science 18:177-88.
 
Ratsch, Christian, and Heinz J. Probst. 1983. Krauter


zur Familienplanung. Sexualmedizin 12 (4):
Knecht, Sigrid. 1985. Die heilige Heilpflanze Tulasi. In "Ethnobotanik," special issue, Curare 3/85:95-100. Maia, J. G. S., et al. 1988. Uncommon Brazilian essential oils of the Labiatae and Compositae. Dev. Food Science 18:177-88. Ratsch, Christian, and Heinz J. Probst. 1983. Krauter zur Familienplanung. Sexualmedizin 12 (4): 173-76.


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Ocimum guatemalense Gandoger

In Amazonia, where this plant is known as albahaca, iroro, pichana albaca, or pichana blanca, it is said that this basil species is hallucinogenic (Duke and Vasquez 1994*). The leaves are used as an ayahuasca additive. The herbage has ethnomedicinal use as an analgesic in Mexico and Guatemala (Alcorn 1984, 715*; Ott 1993, 416*). The plant is known as xkakaltun in the Yucatan, where it is regarded as a honey plant (Barrera M. et al. 1976, 263*) and is used in an abortifacient medicine (R~itsch and Probst 1983). The Siona Indians call the aromatic plant gana ma'nya, "chicha perfume:' and it is sin1ilarly known as kana na'nya among the Secoya (Vickers and Plowman 1984, 16*). It apparently was once used as a chicha additive. In Brazil, where the plant is known as mangericao, it is used in the Candomble cult as an ingredient in the initiatory drink (see madzoka medicine). It has folk medicinal significance in the Caribbean. The plant contains an essential oil (Wong 1976, 137*) whose constituents include camphene, cineol, linalool, myrcene, cis-trans-ocimene, a-pinene, fj-pinene, a-terpineol, aromandrene, fj-caryophyllene, fj-elemene, L\-elemene, ')'-elemene, a-humulene, neriol, and eugenol (Argueta V. et al. 1994,89*; Maia et al. 1988). Sacred basil (Ocimum sanctum 1. [syn. Ocimum tenuiflorum 1.]), a relative that is better known by the names tulasi, tulsi, and madura-tala (Knecht 1985), is not itself psychoactive,334 although it is chewed as a substitute for betel quids (Macmillan 1991,424*).

Knecht, Sigrid. 1985. Die heilige Heilpflanze Tulasi. In "Ethnobotanik," special issue, Curare 3/85:95-100. Maia, J. G. S., et al. 1988. Uncommon Brazilian essential oils of the Labiatae and Compositae. Dev. Food Science 18:177-88. Ratsch, Christian, and Heinz J. Probst. 1983. Krauter zur Familienplanung. Sexualmedizin 12 (4): 173-76.