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Ocimum × africanum

Lour. (1790)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Ocimum

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Cochinch.: 370 (1790)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ocimum × africanum Foster Garden, Honolulu shade Preserved_Specimen 1 m shrub; spicy odor; corolla white Lau, J. 1701 Oahu BISH 1985-12-02
2 Ocimum × africanum Cultivated herb from Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Style lavender, fil white, anthers brown; resinuous fragarance. Ihrig, G. Oahu BISH 1995-04-13
3 Ocimum × africanum M.Emrick, Honua Farm, Kikala Rd., Kalaheo Preserved_Specimen Stem pale green, glossy or dull, with hairs whitish to slightly pink. Leaves dull; below pale green, darker above with pale midrib; hairs transluscent. Inflorescence: sepals mostly green, some uppermost purplish; hairs and glandular secretions white. Flowers 7 x 2 mm; corolla pale violet, some parts nearly white, hairs white, stigma white, style purplish; anthers pale orange brown, filaments purplish. Strongly fragrent. Hume, L. 386 Kauai BISH 1989-07-27
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