Checklist of Plants of India

Ocimum filamentosum  Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 108. 1775.

Ocimum adscendens Willd., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 3: 166. 1800.

Ocimum indicum Roth, Nov. Sp. Pl. 273. 1821.

Plectranthus indicus (Roth.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 691. 1825.

Ocimum cristatum Buch.-Ham. & K.D. Koenig ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3: 19. 1832.

Ocimum exsul Collett & Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 112. 1890.

Becium filamentosum (Forssk.) Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 26: 162. 1919.

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh.