Ocimum gratissimum L.
subsp. gratissimum
var. gratissimum

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Ocimum gratissimum subsp. gratissimum var. gratissimum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

Ocimum gratissimum subsp. gratissimum var. gratissimum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

Ocimum gratissimum subsp. gratissimum var. gratissimum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Zvishavane - Mbalabala road

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Synonyms: Ocimum suave Willd. var. distantidens Briq.
Ocimum suave Willd.
Ocimum superbum Buscal. & Muschl.
Ocimum trichodon Gürke
Ocimum urticifolium Roth
Ocimum viride Willd.
Common names: Wild basil (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect perennial herb or soft shrub, up to 2 m. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, variously pubescent on both surfaces, gland dotted below. Margins often only dentate in the upper half. Inflorescences terminal, simple or sparingly branched. Calyx densely pubescent on the outside, lower lip often closing the mouth and obscuring the small white corolla.
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Habitat: Along margins of forest, woodland, margins of vleis and in disturbed ground.
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Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa and Limpopo, North-West, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also into Asia as far as India; naturalized in Brasil.
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Content last updated: Monday 7 March 2016
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 150 - 151. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 187.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 275. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 56.

Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 116 - 118.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 70.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 78.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 112.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 215.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ocimum gratissimum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ocimum gratissimum
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Ocimum gratissimum subsp. gratissimum var. gratissimum.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150360, retrieved 21 November 2024

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