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Ocimum gratissimum

Plant photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Ocimum gratissimum

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

Common name
African basil
Family
Lamiaceae
Order
Lamiales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy