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Ocimum (genus)

Mount Carbine, QLD

Ocimum (genus) at Mount Carbine, QLD - 10 Jan 2023 03:32 PM
Ocimum (genus) at Mount Carbine, QLD - 10 Jan 2023 03:32 PM
Ocimum (genus) at Mount Carbine, QLD - 10 Jan 2023 03:32 PM
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Identification history

Ocimum (genus) 28 Jun 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Ocimum sp. 26 Sep 2024 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Unverified 26 Sep 2024 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016

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Lamiaceae plant family – likely perhaps a *Ocimum* basil species . Just before the McLeod River bridge along the highway side, seen while stretching the legs after the drive, during flood time, so we did not cross the flooded bridge and turned back from this location . Ref's (in brief): • Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2024): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Ocimum&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=apni&search=true . • Conn, Barry J. (2014 August 11) *Ocimum* L. (Lamiaceae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea Telopea 17: 169–181 . DOI: → https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea20147790 All viewed: 2024 September 26th .

1 comment

   28 Jun 2025
Seems to be a good match Ocimum × africanum

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  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • True In flower

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  • Ocimum (genus) Scientific name
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  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • In flower

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