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Ocimum gratissimum, also known as clove basil, African basil, [1] and in Hawaii as wild basil, [2] is a species of basil. It is native to Africa , Madagascar , southern Asia , and the Bismarck Archipelago , and naturalized in Polynesia , Hawaii, Mexico , Panama , West Indies , Brazil , and Bolivia .
Some similar species in the same genus may be commonly called "basil", although they are not varieties of Ocimum basilicum. Camphor basil, African basil (O. kilimandscharicum) Clove basil, also African basil (Ocimum gratissimum) [15] [16] Holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum, formerly known as O. sanctum) [17]
Ocimum / ˈ ɒ s ɪ m ə m / is a genus of aromatic annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the tropical and warm temperate regions of all 6 inhabited continents, with the greatest number of species in Africa. [2]
Ocimum gratissimum (African basil), e.g. in Hawai'i; Perilla frutescens (perilla) the genus Pycnanthemum (mountainmints), in particular: Pycnanthemum incanum (hoary mountainmint), e.g. in the continental U.S. Pycnanthemum setosum; Pycnanthemum verticillatum
Ocimum americanum (formerly known as O. canum) cultivars Common name Species and cultivars Description Lemon basil: O. americanum [26] Contains citral and limonene, therefore actually does smell very lemony, tastes sweeter. Originally, and sometimes still, called "hoary basil". Popular in Indonesia, where it is known as 'kemangi'.
Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulasi or tulsi (from Sanskrit), is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. [2] [3] It is widely cultivated throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. [1] [4] [5] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australia and the western Pacific. [1]
Below is an alphabetical list of plants occurring in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.. Ngorongoro Crater covers an area of 265 square kilometres and is thought to have been formed from the collapse of a volcanic mountain which had become inactive.
Basil, sweet (Ocimum basilicum) Basil, African; Scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) Basil, Holy (Ocimum tenuiflorum) Basil, lemon (Ocimum × citriodorum) Basil, Thai (O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora) Bay leaf (Laurus nobilis) Bay leaf, Indian; tejpat, malabathrum (Cinnamomum tamala) Bay leaf, Indonesian; Indonesian laurel, Salam leaf, daun salam ...