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American basil or "hoary basil"
Ocimum americanum
About
Ocimum americanum, known as American basil or "hoary basil", is an annual herb with white or lavender flowers. It is used for medicinal purposes. Despite the misleading name, it is native to Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia. The species is naturalized in Queensland, Christmas Island, and parts of tropical America.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ocimum americanum
- Slug
- ocimum-americanum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Ocimum
- Species
- americanum
- Wikidata QID
- Q3240154
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
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