Herbarium JCB

Ocimum basilicum L.

Family : LAMIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
Species : Ocimum basilicum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ocimum basilicum L.
Common name : Basil
Vernacular name : Barbari (San.); Babul (Hin.); Kamakastoori (Kan.)
Key identification features : A stout herbaceous plant, strongly aromatic. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, cuneate at base, acute at apex, entire or crenulate, pubescent or glabrous. Racemes are terminal, usually branched at base, floral leaves and bracts are usually dark purple in colour. Flowering calyx are upto 6 mm long. Upper lip is broadly ovate-orbicular. Corolla long, white or pale purple. Nutlets mucilaginous when wetted.
Habit : Herb
Native : India
Comments : Often cultivated in gardens for seeds and leaves
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Davanagere, Gulbarga, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada (almost all districts of Karnataka)
Floras referred : Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara