naturalizedLamiaceae
Ocimum gratissimum
African Basil
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Ocimum gratissimum, also known as clove basil, African basil, and in Hawaii as wild basil, is a species of Ocimum. It is native to Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and naturalized in Polynesia, Hawaii, Mexico, Panama, West Indies, Brazil, and Bolivia.
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Gallery · 10 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 24 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 28 · GBIF 22 records
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 5 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻamola · MolokaʻiiNat 2
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waialua · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Keawanui · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1
Kapulei · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pōhakupili · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimea · NiʻihauGBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1