Ocimum Plants — Species, Care & Identification
Ocimum is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae family. PlantoScan has care guides for 8 species in this genus. Each guide covers watering, light, soil, hardiness zone and pet toxicity, with sources.
Reference: Ocimum on Wikipedia
Ocimum species
American Basil
Ocimum americanum
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Basil Plant
Ocimum basilicum
Caw VusCC BY-SA 4.0PlantoScanresized
Clove Basil
Ocimum gratissimum
Dr. Alexey YakovlevCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
Camphor Basil
Ocimum kilimandscharicum
© Daniel IseliPlantoScanPlantoScan
Holy Basil
Ocimum tenuiflorum
AI generated
- African BasilOcimum africanumPlantoScan
African Basil
Ocimum africanum
- Mexican BasilOcimum campechianumPlantoScan
Mexican Basil
Ocimum campechianum
- Dwarf BasilOcimum minimumPlantoScan
Dwarf Basil
Ocimum minimum
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