Ocimum /ˈɒsɪməm/ is a genus of aromatic annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the tropical and warm temperate regions...
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Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulasi or tulsi (from Sanskrit), is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is widely...
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Ocimum gratissimum, also known as clove basil, African basil, and in Hawaii as wild basil, is a species of basil. It is native to Africa, Madagascar, southern...
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Basil (redirect from Ocimum basilicum)
Basil (/ˈbæzəl/, BAZ-əl; US also /ˈbeɪzəl/, BAY-zəl; Ocimum basilicum (/ˈɒsɪməm bəˈzɪlɪkəm/, OS-ih-məm bə-ZIL-ih-kəm)), also called great basil, is a culinary...
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Ocimum kilimandscharicum, also known as camphor basil, is a basil species native to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Kew World Checklist of...
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Ocimum americanum, known as American basil, lime basil, or hoary basil, is a species of annual herb in the family Lamiaceae. Despite the misleading name...
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Lemon basil (redirect from Ocimum × citriodorum)
lemon basil, or Lao basil, (Ocimum × africanum) is a hybrid between basil (Ocimum basilicum) and American basil (Ocimum americanum). The herb is grown...
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Albahaca may refer to: Ocimum campechianum ("albahaca de monte"), widespread across the Americas from Mexico southward. Ocimum basilicum, which is the...
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Basil, sweet (Ocimum basilicum) Basil, African; Scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) Basil, Holy (Ocimum tenuiflorum) Basil, lemon (Ocimum × citriodorum)...
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Ocimum minimum is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is sometimes referred to as bush basil in reference to the way this perennial grows. In...
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Coleus madagascariensis (redirect from Ocimum auricula)
madagascariensis meaning ‘of Madagascar’). It was initially placed in the genus Ocimum and transferred to Plectranthus in 1832. Molecular studies on Plectranthus...
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Basil seed (category Ocimum)
Basil seed (Ocimum basilicum or Ocimum tenuiflorum, aka Ocimum sanctum) is the general term used to refer to the seeds of a few species of herb plants...
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first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1763, as Ocimum scutellarioides. The genus Ocimum is best known for Ocimum basilicum, sweet basil. The specific epithet...
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Ocimum campechianum is a plant species in the family Lamiaceae, widespread across Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and Florida...
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Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) Ocimum gratissimum (African basil) Ocimum tenuiflorum (syn. Ocimum sanctum, tulsi or holy basil)...
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Platostoma menthoides (redirect from Ocimum macrostachyum)
Benth. Lumnitzera prostrata (L.) Spreng. Mentha ocymoides Lam. Ocimum macrostachyum Poir. Ocimum menthoides L. Ocimum prostratum L. Thymus indicus Burm.f....
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Thai basil (category Ocimum)
inflorescence is purple, and the flowers when open are pink. Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) has multiple cultivars — Thai basil, O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora...
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Basilicum (redirect from Ocimum polystachyon)
Lehmannia Jacq. ex Jacq.f. 1844 not Spreng. 1817 nor Tratt. 1824 Ocimum polystachyon L. Ocimum moschatum Salisb. Lumnitzera polystachyon (L.) J.Jacq. ex Spreng...
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Greek basil (UK: /ˈbæzəl/, US: /ˈbeɪzəl/; Ocimum basilicum var. minimum) is a flowering herb and cultivar of basil. The name "basil" comes from Latin,...
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Shiso (redirect from Ocimum acutum)
nankinensis Lour. Dentidia purpurascens Pers. Dentidia purpurea Poir. Ocimum acutum Thunb. Ocimum crispum Thunb. Perilla acuta (Thunb.) Nakai Perilla arguta Benth...
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Ocimum americanum cv. Clove (Clavo) Ocimum basilicum cv. Sweet Castle (Dulce de Castilla) Ocimum basilicum cv. White Compact (Blanca compacta) Ocimum...
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(Lavandula officinalis), bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), and sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum), among others. Each enantiomer evokes distinct neural responses...
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aristatus (Blume) Miq. Synonyms Ocimum aristatum Blume Trichostema spirale Lour., rejected name Clerodendrum spicatum Thunb Ocimum grandiflorum Blume 1826 not...
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*Asterohyptis Epling *Ballota L. *Basilicum Moench Becium Lindl., synonym of Ocimum *Benguellia G.Taylor Betonica L. *Blephilia (L.) Raf. *Bostrychanthera Benth...
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L.), sage (Salvia officinalis L.), mint (Mentha arvense L.), and basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). Rosmarinic acid was first isolated and characterized in 1958...
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Dark opal basil (category Ocimum)
Dark opal basil is a cultivar of Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil), developed by John Scarchuk and Joseph Lent at the University of Connecticut in the 1950s...
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Ocimum centraliafricanum, the copper flower or copper plant, is a perennial herb found in central Africa (DRC, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe). It is well...
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Pitotecnanthemum incanum (aka Hoary mountainmint) Ocimum × africanum Ocimum americanum or Ocimum canum Ocimum kilimandscharicum "USDA Plants Database". "USDA...
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used Ayurvedic remedies. The herbs Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) and Ocimum tenuiflorum (Tulsi) are also routinely used in ayurveda. Animal products...
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org:names:454770-1 RHS: 13263 SANBI: 1671-95 Tropicos: 17602823 WFO: wfo-0000275918 Ocimum verticillatum Wikidata: Q39089371 APNI: 233063 IPNI: 453158-1 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni...
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