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Ocimum citriodorum

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Identification
Ocimum citriodorum Vis. [family LABIATAE ] Verified by Paton, A., Ocimum dichotomum Hochst. ex Benth. [family LABIATAE ] Ocimum americanum L. [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Paton, A., Ocimum canum Sims [family LABIATAE ] Verified by Ayobangira, Ocimum americanum L. [family LABIATAE ] Verified by Paton, A.,
Related name
  • Ocimum canum
  • Ocimum americanum
  • Ocimum dichotomum
  • Ocimum citriodorum

Flora

Entry for Ocimum citriodorum Vis. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 332, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
Ocimum citriodorum Vis. [family LABIATAE], Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 39.
Information
Suffruticose. Stems pubescent. Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, crenate-glabrous. Racemes lax, simple; whorls many-flowered; bracts acute, entire, shortly petioled, ciliate. Calyx villous outside and at the throat; upper lip orbicular; lateral teeth broadly ovate, apiculate; lower lanceolate subulate. Corolla violet-blue, longer than the calyx. Filaments of the upper stamens villous above the base.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land cultivated in the botanic garden at Padua in 1840.

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