Lamiaceae

African blue basil

Ocimum kilimandscharicum Gürke

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Ocimum

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African blue basil: West Coast Lady butterfly feeding on African blue basil flowers, December 2007, Culver City, California , USA. — Photo: Jengod at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: حبق كليمنجاروي
arz: حبق كليمنجاروى
Chinese: 乞力马扎罗罗勒, 非洲藍羅勒
English: African blue basil, Hoary basil
Ganda: Akakuba nsiri, African blue basil, Akakubansiri, Camphor basil, Ocimum
Greek: Αφρικανικός μπλε βασιλικός
Japanese: オキムム・キリマンドゥスカリクム
Malayalam: ഓസിമം കിളിമാൻഡ്സ്ചാരികം
Persian: ریحان کافوری

Synonyms

Ocimum johnstonii Baker
Ocimum tortuosum Baker

Photos

Photo: Jengod at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Shivam Chouhan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.