Ocimum ×africanum Lour. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Ocimum

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Ocimeae

Subtribe:

Ociminae

Nomen number:

463843

Place of publication:

Fl. Cochinch. 2:370. 1790

Comment:

[= O. americanum × O. basilicum]

Verified:

10/05/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Govaerts, R. World checklist of selected plant families (on-line resource).
Suddee, S. et al. 2005. Taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bull. 60:28-29.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Common names

English
hoary basil –
lemon basil –
Swedish
citronbasilika –
Transcribed Chinese
shu rou mao bian zhong –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
2	Cultivated					widely cult.
4	Naturalized					natzd. in neotropics

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Henan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. in neotropics)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	gum/mucilage	fide Kew Bull 60:29. 2005	Suddee, S. et al. 2005. Taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bull. 60:28-29.
Human food	vegetable	fide Kew Bull 60:29. 2005	Suddee, S. et al. 2005. Taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bull. 60:28-29.
Medicines	folklore	as Ocimum americanum var. pilosum	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.