Lemon basil

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Lemon basil (Ocimum × africanum ) is a species of the genus basil (Ocimum ) within the mint family ( Lamiaceae). It is a hybrid of (Ocimum americanum ) and ( Ocimum basilicum ). It occurs in Africa and the temperate and tropical Asia and is used as a spice plant.

Description

The lemon basil growing as annual herbaceous plant, reaching heights of growth of about 30 centimeters. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and fünfzählig double perianth.

Use

It is used as a culinary herb, due to its unique intense lemony flavor.

Dissemination

The wide distribution area extends from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Malawi and Madagascar and India, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang to Taiwan and Malaysia.

Taxonomy

The accepted name of the natural hybrid between Ocimum americanum Lour. and Ocimum basilicum L. Ocimum × africanum Lour .. The first publication of Ocimum × africanum was made in 1790 by João de Loureiro in Flora cochinchinensis, p 370 synonyms for Ocimum × africanum Lour. are: Ocimum americanum var pilosum ( Willd.) AJPaton, Ocimum basilicum var anisatum Benth, Ocimum basilicum var pilosum ( Willd.) Benth, Ocimum × citriodorum Vis, Ocimum pilosum Willd, Ocimum × pilosum Willd.. .. ., Ocimum × A.Br. graveolens, Ocimum × petitianum A.Rich ..