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Scientific Name | Ocimum gratissimum L. subsp. gratissimum |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Common Names | Umbijazane (z), Umnandi (z), Uqabukhulu (z), Wild Basil (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/14 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across the tropics, from India to West Africa, and southwards through tropical and southern Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Scarp forest, dense bush, moist savanna, coastal bush and dune thicket, and disturbed places. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Ocimum gratissimum L. subsp. gratissimum var. gratissimum | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Codd, L.E. 1985. Lamiaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 28 Part 4:1-240. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Paton, A. 1992. A synopsis of Ocimum L. (Labiatae) in Africa. Kew Bulletin 47(3):403-435.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
von Staden, L. 2016. Ocimum gratissimum L. subsp. gratissimum. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/11/09 |