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Ocimum basilicum

Auckland. Feb 2007.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Auckland. Feb 2007.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

basil

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Ocimum basilicum L.

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1992

Origin

Old World tropics eastwards to Malaysia

Reason for introduction

Agricultural