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Botanical details
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Ocimum
- Genus description
Ocimum can be aromatic annuals, evergreen perennials or shrubs with opposite, linear to broadly-ovate leaves and small tubular white or pinkish flowers in whorls forming a spike
- Name status
Accepted
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