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Camphor basil (African basil)
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African basil (Camphor basil) - Ocimum kilimandscharicum.
A perennial plant grown as an annual in the cool climate of Estonia.
Forms green, fluffy leaves with a very strong camphor smell. Flowers are white with reddish-orange pollen.
Stems are green-violet, hairy, with sessile glands. Leaves are oblong-elliptical, 25-40 mm long and 10-20 mm wide, edges are serrated, pubescent with white hairs on both sides.
Inflorescence is dense. Calyx 2-3.5 mm long at the peduncle, 3-4.5 mm long at the fruit. Corolla is white, with a violet tint, 3-4 mm long, lobes are pubescent on the back. Nut is black, ovoid and secretes mucus when wet.
Reaches 60 cm in height (sometimes almost 2 meters under very good growing conditions).
Ocimum kilimandsharicum is resistant to the fungus Fusarium oxysporum ssp. basilicii, as well as to the basil downy mildew Peronospora belbahrii.
The leaves are used as a flavouring agent in food products, the plant also has medicinal properties, produces essential oil and is used as an insect repellent.
The main component of the essential oil is camphor. It is used as a raw material for obtaining camphor oil, as a honey plant, for flavoring tea.
A perennial plant grown as an annual in the cool climate of Estonia.
Forms green, fluffy leaves with a very strong camphor smell. Flowers are white with reddish-orange pollen.
Stems are green-violet, hairy, with sessile glands. Leaves are oblong-elliptical, 25-40 mm long and 10-20 mm wide, edges are serrated, pubescent with white hairs on both sides.
Inflorescence is dense. Calyx 2-3.5 mm long at the peduncle, 3-4.5 mm long at the fruit. Corolla is white, with a violet tint, 3-4 mm long, lobes are pubescent on the back. Nut is black, ovoid and secretes mucus when wet.
Reaches 60 cm in height (sometimes almost 2 meters under very good growing conditions).
Ocimum kilimandsharicum is resistant to the fungus Fusarium oxysporum ssp. basilicii, as well as to the basil downy mildew Peronospora belbahrii.
The leaves are used as a flavouring agent in food products, the plant also has medicinal properties, produces essential oil and is used as an insect repellent.
The main component of the essential oil is camphor. It is used as a raw material for obtaining camphor oil, as a honey plant, for flavoring tea.
Traditionally, this type of basil is used in East Africa for its medicinal properties for colds, coughs, bronchitis, abdominal pain, diarrhea, measles, nervous system disorders, tumors, microbial and fungal infections, etc., as well as for protection against mosquitoes.
