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Clove Basil

Ocimum gratissimum, also known as African basil, clove basil, East Indian basil, Russian basil, shrubby basil, tree basil, and in Hawaii as wild basil, is a species of basil. It is native to Africa and southern Asia and introduced to Mexico, Panama, the West Indies, Brazil, Bolivia and the Pacific.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae