Lamiaceae
Musk basil
Basilicum polystachyon
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Basilicum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Cebuano
- Bawing
- Chinese
- 小冠薰, 假零陵香, 小冠熏, 台湾罗勒
- English
- Musk basil
Synonyms
- Basilicum polystachyon var. stereocladum Briq.
- Lehmannia ocymoidea Jacq. ex Steud.
- Lumnitzera moschata (R.Br.) Spreng.
- Lumnitzera polystachyon (L.) J.Jacq. ex Spreng.
- Moschosma dimidiatum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth.
- Moschosma moschatum (R.Br.) Druce
- Moschosma polystachyon (L.) Benth.
- Ocimum dimidiatum Schumach. & Thonn.
- Ocimum moschatum Salisb.
- Ocimum polystachyon L.
- Ocimum tashiroi Hayata
- Perxo polystachya (L.) Raf.
- Plectranthus micranthus Spreng.
- Plectranthus moschatus R.Br.
- Plectranthus parviflorus R.Br.
Photos
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Utbio7, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.