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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Holy basil (PLANTS)

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Family: Lamiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cuba, Curaçao, northern South America, Old World tropics (Liogier & Martorell 2000). Plants lists as Introduced.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Synonyms: Ocimum sanctum.

Other data on Ocimum tenuiflorum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Ocimum tenuiflorum has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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