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Common sweet Basil |
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| Vernacular name | Bahari, Rihan, Sabzah | |
| Scientific name | Ocium basilium Linn. | |
| Family | Lamiaceae | |
| Season | Rabi | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | An erect herb, 0.6 to 0.9 cm heigh, glabrous or hispidly pubescent, Stem and branches green or purplish. | |
| Leaves | Ovate, acute entire, toothed, or lobed. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Whorled racemes, terminal raceme longer than the lateral, bracts stalked, corolla, 2-lipped, 8-13 mm long white, pink or purplish glabrous or pubescent. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Nutlets about 2mm long, ellipsoid blank and pitted | |
| Habitat and distribution | Wild garden, bunbs, moist places | |
| Flowering and fruiting | November to April | |
| Associated with | Wasteland flora | |
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