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Ocimum dichotomum

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Name

Identification
Ocimum canum Sims [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Ayobangina, Ocimum dichotomum Hochst. ex Benth. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Ocymum dichotomum
  • Ocimum canum
  • Ocimum americanum
  • Ocymum citriodorum
  • Ocimum kilimandscharicum
  • Ocimum dichotomum
  • Ocimum johnstonii
  • Ocimum citriodorum
  • Ocimum basilicum

Flora

Entry for Ocimum basilicum Linn. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Ocimum basilicum Linn. [family LABIATAE], Sp.Pl. 2: 597 (1753); F.T.A. 5: 336.
Ocimum americanum Linn. [family LABIATAE], (1763)-F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 285, partly
Ocimum lanceolatum Schum. & Thonn. [family LABIATAE], (1827)
Ocimum dichotomum Hochst. ex Benth. [family LABIATAE], (1848)-F.T.A5: 346
Ocimum menthaefolium [family LABIATAE], of ChevBot512, not of Hochstex Benth.
Information
A stout, bushy, aromatic herb, with white flowers in loose racemes;commonly cultivated for culinary purposes; tetraploid.
Habitat
commonly cultivated for culinary purposes
Range
Probably introduced from Asia, now widespread in the tropics.
Distribution
Sen.: Tamboukane (Dec.) Chev. 2780!Mali: Dogo (Apr.) Davey 6091Port. G.: Bafata (Aug.) Esp. Santo 3291!S. L.: (Oct.) Thomas 2652! 9071! Mt. Aureol, Freetown (Aug.) Melville 97!Lib.: Peahtah (Oct.) Linder 1057!Ghana: Legon (.Nov.) Morton A981! Denu (May) Morton A2201!N. Nig.: Zungeru (June) Dah. 137!S. Nig.: Lagos (May) Denton 58!F. Po: (Dec.) Guinea 563!
Notes
[This species is not always readily distinguishable from the next.]

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