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Ocimum sanctum. Sacred basil. 



Local names. — Albahaca morada (Spanish); Tulsi (India). 



Somewhat similar to the preceding, but with very small corolla, which scarcely 

 exceeds the calyx in length. Plant hairy, often purplish; leaves oblong, obtuse or 

 acute, entire or slightly serrate, floral ovate-lanceolate or cordate; racemes very 

 slender; calyx short, 2 lower teeth very long-awned, longer than the broadly 

 oblong upper, lateral broadly ovate, shorter than the lower; flowers pale purple, 

 fruiting calyx 4 mm. long, on a slender pedicel, broadly campanulate, membranous; 

 nutlets nearly globose, slightly compressed, nearly smooth, pale red-brown. 



Sometimes found in waste places in Guam, where it was first collected by Gaudi- 

 chaud. In India it is grown in gardens and near pagodas. The juice of the leaves 

 is there used by the native doctors in catarrh and bronchial affections. The seeds 

 are mucilaginous when steeped in water, and are used as a remedy for disorders of 

 the genito-urinary system. This plant is held sacred by the Hindus. 

 References: 



Ocimum sanctum L. Mant. 1 : 85. 1767. 

 Octoblepharum. See Mosses. 

 Odontosoria. See under Ferns. 

 Oil-yielding plants. 



Aleurites moluccana. — Recently introduced and not yet well established. 

 Anacardium occidentale. — The seeds yield the light-colored acajou oil, which has 



a pleasant flavor and is used for food. 

 Arachis hypogaea. — Introduced from Mexico; cultivated. 

 Barringtonia speciosa. — On expression the seeds yield a lamp oil. 

 Calophyllum inophyllum. — The source of the dark-green fragrant dilo or 



domba oil of commerce. 

 Ceiba pentandra. — An introduced tree of American origin. The seeds yield oil 



somewhat like that of cotton seed. 

 Cocos nucifera. — Oil used in the island for illuminating and cooking, and for 



anointing the hair and body. 

 Guilandina crista. — The seeds yield bonduc-nut oil, used medicinally and for 



burning. 

 Jatropha curcas. — Seeds yield curcas oil or "oleum infernale," used as a purga- 

 tive. 

 Moringa moringa. — The source of ben-oil, 



Ricinus communis. — The source of castor oil, common in waste places. 

 Sesamum indicum. — Seeds yield sesame oil. 

 Terminalia catappa. — Seeds yield myrobalan oil, or catappaoil, an excellent food 



oil, which does not easily turn rancid. 

 Xylocarpus granatum. — Seeds yield on expression a semisolid fat called carapa 



oil, used for burning and as a hair oil. 



Ojo de venado (Spanish). See Stizolobium giganteum. 



Okra. See Abelmoschus esculentus. 



Olacaceae. Ximenia family. 



The only representative of this family in Guam is Ximenia americana. 

 Old Maid. See Lochnera rosea. 

 Oldenlandia paniculata. 

 Pamily Rubiaceae. 



An annual glabrous plant of the madder family allied to Houstonia, with panicled 

 cymes of minute white salver-shaped 4-parted flowers, followed by capsules borne 

 on slender pedicels. Branches erect or ascending, succulent; leaves bright green, 

 soft, elliptic-ovate or oblong, acute, narrowed into the short or long petiole; stipules 

 truncate, with median points or bristles; cymes in the upper axils, short, 3 to 8-flow- 

 ered; calyx teeth short, broadly triangular, very small in fruit; corolla tube short, 

 lobes 4, valvate; ovary 2-celled; style filiform; stigmas 2, linear; ovules numerous; 

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