Ocimum americanum also called American Basil or hoary basil, is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae (Mint Family). The plant comes from Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, and many places in the Americas, such as North America, Central America, and South America....
Ocimum gratissimum, also known as clove basil, African basil, and in Hawaii as wild basil, is a species of Ocimum belonging to Lamiaceae family. The plant is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, South East Asia and the Bismarck Archipelago. It is cultivated and naturalized in China,...