| Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
| Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe | Mentheae |
| Scientific name | Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) O. Kuntze |
| Synonyms | Calamintha gracilis Bentham; Calamintha radicans Vaniot; Clinopodium confine (Hance) O. Kuntze; Satureja gracilis (Bentham) Briquet; Satureja ussuriensis Kudo |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) tou-bana (トウバナ, 塔花 [meaning: tower flowers]) |
| (English common name) slender wild basil | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, India | |
| Habitat | Roadside, field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
| Description | Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 1-3cm long, 8-20mm wide, petioles 5-15mm long. Flowers calyxs 3-4mm long, pale pueple corollas 5-6mm long, flowering in May to August. Fruits ca. 0.6mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Matsumura |
| Gene encoding a protein having acyl group transfer activity (US Patent 7105719/2006) | |
| Oral compositions (European Patent EP0321180/1992) | |
| Delovery of small doses of ingestible treatments (WIPO Patent WO/2001/022934) |
| May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |
| May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |