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Genus: Ocimum
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> Family: Lamiaceae
About 30 species, native to the tropics and
subtropics, with 19 species native to southern Africa and an
additional four species cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Ocimum americanum (Hoary basil)
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum angustifolium
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum burchellianum |
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Ocimum centraliafricanum
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum coddii |
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Ocimum dolomiticola |
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Ocimum filamentosum
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum fimbriatum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum gratissimum
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum labiatum
[= Orthosiphon labiatus] |
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Ocimum minimum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum minutiflorum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum natalense |
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Ocimum obovatum
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Ocimum pseudoserratum |
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Ocimum reclinatum |
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Ocimum serratum |
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Ocimum tubiforme |
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Ocimum waterbergense |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Ocimum basilicum (Sweet basil)
[= Ocimum citriodorum]
Native to the Old World tropics.
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Ocimum gratissimum (Zulu basil)
Native to the Old World tropics.
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Ocimum kilmandscharicum
Native to tropical Africa.
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Ocimum tenuiflorum (Holy basil,
Tulsi)
Native to the Old World Tropics.
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