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Culinary Herbs & Leaves
Hoary Basil
Ocimum africanum
Hoary basil (Ocimum africanum, also published as O. americanum) is an erect, much-branched annual herb 30-100 cm tall, its square yellowish-green stems downy when young and its small paired leaves gland-dotted on both faces, with whorls of small white flowers. It grows wild and cultivated across tropical Asia and tropical Africa, and within South-East Asia from the mainland, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, where it is raised chiefly for the young leaves. Mild in flavour and fragrant, these are eaten raw as a side dish and stirred into dishes with a strong fishy smell. Its black nutlets swell in water within minutes into a slippery jelly used in sweet drinks.
- Origin:
- Vietnam
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