Ocimum tenuiflorum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 597. 1753.

"Habitat in Malabaria." RCN: 4339.

Lectotype (Cramer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 119. 1981): Herb. Linn. No. 749.13 (LINN) .

Current name: Ocimum tenuiflorum L. ( Lamiaceae).