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Taxon:  Ocimum basilicum L.



Summary
Genus:
Ocimum
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Nomen number:
25478
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:597. 1753
Verified:
01/23/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
12 (12  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ocimum basilicum L. var. album (L.) Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. glabratum Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. majus Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. purpurescens Benth.
Ocimum ciliatum Hornem.
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bisset, N. G., ed. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis. 1994 Note: CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (translation of German edition, by M. Wichtl, ed.)
  3. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ocimum+basilicum&quantity=1
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Lawrence, B. M. 1992. Chemical components of Labiatae oils and their exploitation. Advances in labiate science. 1992 400, 406-408.
  9. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
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  15. Paton, A. & E. Putievsky. 1996. Taxonomic problems and cytotaxonomic relationships between and within varieties of Ocimum basilicum and related species (Labiatae). Kew Bull. 51:513.
  16. Paton, A. 1992. A synopsis of Ocimum L. (Labiatae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 47:423.
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  19. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  20. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  21. Ryding, O. 1994. Notes on the sweet basil and its wild relatives (Lamiaceae). Econ. Bot. 48:65-67. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
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Common names
English
basil –
sweet basil –
Arabic
reihan –
French
basilic –
German
Basilienkraut –
Basilikum –
Italian
basilico –
Japanese Rōmaji
me-bōki –
Portuguese
alfavaca –
manjericão –
Spanish
albahaca –
Swedish
basilika –
Transcribed Chinese
luo le –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
6Other    possible origin Africa
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Other (possible origin Africa)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
essential oils (fide Adv Lab Sci 400. 1992) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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