Ocimum basilicum ?;
Attached are pictures of Meriandra benghalensis captured near Almora in November 2012. Requested to please validate the ID... It looks like Ocimum species. Thank you again ..., yet another unknown. I wish I could spend hours after hours browsing all threads so that I can learn as many as species ids. ... is correct. The Meriandra bengalensis is different as I have seen it. Thanks ... It was identified as such on another forum... Would like to know the correct ID..... Ocimum species so far in efi Isn't it Ocimum americanum (= O. canum)?! Thank you ... for the ID....Hoping to get it validated.... Looks like Sweet Basil. Ocimum basilicum. Meriandra benghalensis is a synonym of Salvia dianthera (see here-http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456098-1) but this plant is not Salvia in my opinion. Rather it should be in Ocimum genus. Please compare with available Ocimum species in eFI. Could be Ocimum sanctum. |