Ocimum — 7 species
Botanical species in the genus Ocimum recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Ocimum americanum
Ocimum americanum
Family: Lamiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist, lowland tropics, where it is usually found at elevations up to 500 metres, but occasionally to 2,000 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 30°c, but can tolerate 10 - 35°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 700 - 2,000mm, but tolerates 500 - 3,000mm.
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Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicum
Family: Lamiaceae
Cultivation
Basil is a plant of the tropics, though it can also be grown in the subtropics and succeeds outdoors when grown as an annual in the warm temperate zone. In the tropics, it succeeds up to an elevation of 1,000 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 18 - 27°c, but can tolerate 7 - 36°c.
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Ocimum campechianum
Ocimum campechianum
Family: Lamiaceae
Cultivation
The Maya plant this weed near graves and also put it in a flowerpot and on the altar of the church.
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Ocimum gratissimum
Ocimum gratissimum
Family: Lamiaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a rich, light, well-drained to dry soil and a position in full sun. All parts of the plant are strongly scented. The optimum harvesting time for distillation of the essential oil is when 3 branches per plant, or 75% of the branches, are flowering.
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Ocimum kilimandscharicum
Ocimum kilimandscharicum
Family: Lamiaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a rich, light, well-drained to dry soil and a position in full sun.
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Ocimum minimum
Ocimum minimum
Family: Lamiaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in warm temperate to tropical climates. A perennial plant in the tropics, it is frost tender and is grown as a half-hardy annual in temperate zones. Prefers a rich light well-drained to dry soil.
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Ocimum tenuiflorum
Ocimum tenuiflorum
Family: Lamiaceae
Cultivation
Ocimum tenuiflorum is a plant of the moist to wet, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,000 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 28°c, but can tolerate 15 - 35°c. When dormant, the plant can survive temperatures down to about -1°c.
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