Ocimum angustifolium Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Ocimum

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.15-0.75 m high. Stems several, arising from a woody rootstock. Leaves sessile; blade linear or narrowly obovate, 5-40 x 1-24 mm, always with fascicles of younger leaves in axils, apex subacute, base cuneate, margins entire. Flowers: inflorescence elongate with 5-20 verticils ± evenly spaced, 5-15 mm apart, verticils usually 6-flowered; calyx 2.5 mm long at flowering, enlarging to 5 mm long, lower pair of teeth fused into a lip ending in a small pair of upcurved, spinescent teeth, lateral teeth suppressed and replaced by a wide shoulderlike sinus, puberulous, gland-dotted and often with white globular glands; corolla < 9 mm long, upper lip < 5 mm long, lobes of upper lip denticulate or entire, white; Oct.-May.
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A shrubby herb. It has many branches. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are narrow and had many gland dots. The edges curl under. The flowers are in spaced clusters 12 cm long at the ends of branches.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It can grow in arid places. It grows in grassland and scrub.
Light -
Soil humidity 10-12
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

It is used to make a vegetable relish.
Uses food medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Ocimum angustifolium world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452860-1
WFO ID wfo-0000253215
COL ID 48GB6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ocimum poggeanum Ocimum scoparium Becium angustifolium Ocimum randii Ocimum angustifolium Ocimum filiforme Ocimum linearifolium