Photo: Ocimum gratissimum 1.
Flowerhead, all flowered out. Brussels bot.g., Belgium. Greenhouse. 2008-06-05.
Ocimum gratissimum L.
Engl.: African basil, East Indian basil, clove basil, East Indian tree basil, fever plant.
Deu.: Ostindisches Baumbasilikum, Afrikanisches Baumbasilikum, Nelkenbasilikum.
Fran.: menthe du Gabon.
Sven.: nejlikbasilika.
Suom.: pensasbasilika.
Bot. syn.: Ocimum frutescens Mill., Ocimum villosum Weinm., Ocimum viride Willd.
Flowerhead, all flowered out. Brussels bot.g., Belgium. Greenhouse. 2008-06-05.
Flowering branches. Brussels bot.g., Belgium. Greenhouse. 2008-06-05.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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