Ocimum gratissimum (Lamiaceae) African basil, clove basil, shrubby basil, tree basil, wild basil

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Species description or overview

Ocimum gratissimum description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Ocimum gratissimum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Ocimum gratissimum
Nomenclatural information about Ocimum gratissimum is provided by ITIS.

Ocimum gratissimum information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Ocimum gratissimum--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Impacts

Ocimum gratissimum impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Ocimum gratissimum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Control methods

Images

Ocimum gratissimum information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Ocimum gratissimum in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Ocimum gratissimum images from PIER
Images of Ocimum gratissimum provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Ocimum gratissimum information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Ocimum gratissimum--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) 
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Ocimum gratissimum worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Ocimum gratissimum is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Full-text articles

Experts

Other resources

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 15 September 2011 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.