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Medicinal Plant TaxID: 39350

Ocimum basilicum

Family: Lamiaceae • Common: Basil; Basil Thai Siam Queen; Common basil; Sweet Basil
7372 Compounds Andaman Islands; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Cambodia; China; India; Jawa; Laos; Lesser Sunda Islands; Maluku; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Nicobar Islands; Philippines; Queensland; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Vie

Overview

Species Ocimum basilicum
Habit Herb; Undershrub
Habitat Grown in homesteads; Widely cultivated
Distribution (India)
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