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Ocimum basilicum

Plant photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Ocimum basilicum

Ocimum basilicum (also recorded as Basil) is an accepted species in the family Lamiaceae, within the order Lamiales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, and Bolivia. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Basil
Family
Lamiaceae
Order
Lamiales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy