Ocimum basilicum (basil)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Ocimum basilicum L.
- Preferred Common Name
- basil
- Other Scientific Names
- Ocimum americanum L.
- International Common Names
- EnglishFrench basilRéunion basilsweet basil
- Spanishalbahacaalbahaca de jardines
- Frenchbasilic commun
- Portuguesealfavacamangericao
- Local Common Names
- Cambodiachi neang vong
- GermanyBasilienkrautBasilikum
- Indonesiakemangiselasihsurawung
- Italybassilico
- Laosphak 'i:x tu:x
- Malaysiakemangiselasi hitamselasi jantan
- NetherlandsBasilicum
- Philippinesbalanoykamangisolasi
- Swedenbasilika
- Thailandhorapha
- Vietnamhúng
- EPPO code
- OCIBA (Ocimum basilicum)
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Habit
Ocimum basilicum (basil); habit, showing leaves. Native Nursery Kula, Maui, Hawaii, USA. May 2009.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2009 - CC BY 4.0
Container grown
Ocimum basilicum (basil); flowering habit, with a Monarch butterfly present (Danaus plexippus). Honokanaia, Kahoolawe, Hawaii. December 2010.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2010 - CC BY 4.0
Seedlings
Ocimum basilicum (basil); seedlings. Ulupalakua Ranch, Maui, Hawaii, USA. June 2012.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2012 - CC BY 4.0
Purple basil
Ocimum basilicum (basil); habit. var. purpureum (purple basil) 'Red Rubin'. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2007 - CC BY 4.0
Thai basil
Ocimum basilicum (basil); flowering habit of var. thyrsiflorum, 'Siam Queen' (Thai basil, ornamental basil). Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September2007.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2007 - CC BY 4.0
Basil plant
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Leaves
Ocimum basilicum (basil); leaves. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2007 - CC BY 4.0
Potted plants
Ocimum basilicum (basil); potted plants, with a 'Cinnamon' variety to the right. Walmart Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. January 2008.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2008 - CC BY 4.0
Potted plants
Ocimum basilicum (basil); potted plants in a greenhouse. Pukalani Plant Company, Pulehu, Maui, Hawaii, USA. June 2010.
©Forest Starr & Kim Starr - CC BY 4.0
Packeted seeds
Ocimum basilicum (basil); packeted seeds. KiHana Nursery Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA. February 2011.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2011 - CC BY 4.0
Line drawing of plant parts
Plant parts of sweet basil (O. basilicum). Line drawing, not necessarily to scale. (A) flowering shoot; (B) shoot in full bloom; (C) section of the inflorescence; (D) flower.
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Published online: 21 November 2019
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