Ocimum filamentosum Forssk.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Hwange NP to main Vic Falls / Bulawayo Rd, Matetsi Safari Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Hwange NP to main Vic Falls / Bulawayo Rd, Matetsi Safari Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Hwange NP to main Vic Falls / Bulawayo Rd, Matetsi Safari Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Hwange NP to main Vic Falls / Bulawayo Rd, Matetsi Safari Area
Photo: Petra Ballings
Along entrance road to Nhambo cottages, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along entrance road to Nhambo cottages, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge
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Becium filamentosum (Forssk.) Chiov. Becium obovatum (E. Mey. ex Benth.) N.E. Br. var. knyanum (Vatke) Kufod. Ocimum polycladum Briq.
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Description:
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Shrubby, aromatic perennial herb, up to 60 cm tall growing from a swollen woody rootstock. Inflorescences terminal with regularly spaced clusters (verticils) of white or pinkish flowers. |
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Widespread in tropical Africa |
Mozambique distribution:
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Z,MS,M |
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Literature:
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Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 56.
Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 123 - 124.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 77. as Becium filamentosum
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Ocimum filamentosum. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150340, retrieved 9 December 2024
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