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Ocimum americanum / africanum[Agg]
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Island 4, Katombora, Zambezi
Picture: Bart Wursten
Island 4, Katombora, Zambezi
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Ocimum canum Sims |
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Erect perennial herb or soft shrublet, up to 80 cm. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, variously pubescent on both surfaces, densely gland-dotted below. Margins entire or with a few small teeth. Inflorescences terminal, simple or sparingly branched. Calyx densely hairy, lower lip spreading, deeply 2-lobed. Corolla lilac, mauve or white. |
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| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,S |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ocimum americanum / africanumAfrican Plant Database: Ocimum americanum / africanum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ocimum americanum / africanum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ocimum americanum / africanum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ocimum americanum / africanum
JSTOR Plant Science: Ocimum americanum / africanum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ocimum americanum / africanum
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