Ocimum basilicum(OCIBA)
Overview Last modification: 1996-10-28
- EPPO code: OCIBA
- Preferred name: Ocimum basilicum
- Authority: Linnaeus
Origin uncertain (probably eastern Asia), not found in the wild (reputedly introduced from the Far East to Egypt, and from there to Rome, in classical times). Widely cultivated as a culinary herb in the Mediterranean region and throughout the world, rarely persisting for any significant time as an escape from cultivation. O. basilicum exists in a number of distinctive forms (some of which have been given botanical names). The Mediterranean variety is distinct from various Asiatic forms (from China, Thailand...).
Name | Language |
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alfabaguera | Catalan |
alfàbrega | Catalan |
aufàbiga | Catalan |
aufàtia | Catalan |
bazalka pravá | Czech |
sød basilikum | Danish |
Basilienkraut | German |
echtes Basilikum | German |
Gartenbasilienkraut | German |
Gartenbasilikum | German |
basil | English |
common basil | English |
sweet basil | English |
sweet basil | English |
albahaca | Spanish |
albahaca | Spanish |
alfábega | Spanish |
alhábega | Spanish |
hierba de los reyes | Spanish |
hierba de salitre | Spanish (MX) |
basilic | French |
basilic des jardins | French |
herbe royale | French |
bosiljak | Croatian |
bazsalikom | Hungarian |
basilico | Italian |
バジル | Japanese |
メボウキ | Japanese |
bajiru | Japanese |
mebôki | Japanese |
basilicum | Dutch |
bazielkruid | Dutch |
tuinbasilicum | Dutch |
bazylia pospolita | Polish |
alfavaca | Portuguese |
basilicão | Portuguese |
manjericão | Portuguese |
manjericão-grande | Portuguese |
manjerico-de-folhas-grandes | Portuguese |
базилик душистый | Russian |
базилик камфорный | Russian |
базилик обыкновенный | Russian |
базилик огородный | Russian |
базилик огородный | Russian |
bazalka pravá | Slovak |
basilika | Swedish |
fesleğen | Turkish |
васильки справжні | Ukrainian |
luó lè | Chinese |
罗勒 | Chinese |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Lamiales (
1LAMO )
Family
Lamiaceae (
1LAMF )
Subfamily
Nepetoideae (
1NEPS )
Genus
Ocimum (
1OCIG )
Species
Ocimum basilicum (
OCIBA )