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Holy Basil

Type of basil
Taxon Taxon Q960124

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Has use
medicinal plant[5]
Short name
O. tenuiflorum[7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[11]
Parent taxon
Ocimum[3]
Taxon common name
holy basil, 圣罗勒, 圣罗勒, Базилик священный[8][9][10]
Taxon name
Ocimum tenuiflorum[4]
Taxon range
Guangdong, Myanmar, Gabon[12][13][14]
Taxon rank
species[2]
Taxon synonym
Ocimum sanctum[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ocimum tenuiflorums en Tulsi en Thai holy basil en Holy Basil en Holy basil ar حبق مقدس ar حبق رقيق الأزهار ar الحبق المقدس cs bazalka indická de Tulsi de heiliges Basilikum de Königsbasilikum de Tulasi de indisches Basilikum de Ocimum tenuiflorum de Ocimum sanctum el Ώκιμον το λεπτανθές el Βασιλικός της Ταϊλάνδης es Planta tulasí es Ocimum villosum
🔖 Identifiers · 46
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tulasih.jpg ↗
APNI ID
85196
African Plant Database ID
117415
Catalogue of Life ID
48GKB
EBiodiversity ID
215076
EPPO Code
OCISA
Ecocrop ID
8037
Encyclopedia of Life ID
480298
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/holy-basil
External data available at URL
www.gbif.org, www.gbif.org
Flora of North America taxon ID
230003909
FloraBase ID
13969
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Flowers of India ID
Tulsi
Freebase ID
/m/06nqtr
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2927100
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
INSDC/RefSeq assembly accession number
GCA_001278415.1, GCA_001748785.1
INaturalist taxon ID
181060
IPNI plant ID
453130-1
IRMNG ID
11242973
ITIS TSN
507863
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
33205
Indian Medicinal Plants Database ID
b3faedcb64cd0f9a51be4c9d54acaf69
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
110287
MyBIS species ID
35674
NCBI taxonomy ID
204149
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID
flora/2/2/2275
North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ID
ocimum-tenuiflorum
Open Tree of Life ID
782204
PalDat plant ID
Ocimum_tenuiflorum
PfaF ID
Ocimum tenuiflorum
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-137105
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453130-1
Plazi ID
301FDC53-346A-B15C-61D2-D8551D5C289A
Queensland Biota ID
11798
Royal Horticultural Society plant ID
86595
SERNEC taxon ID
92761
TAXREF ID
445718
Topic's main category
Category:Ocimum tenuiflorum
Tropicos ID
50088952
UBio ID
478578
UNII
7OS52KZ33J
USDA PLANTS ID
OCTE2
WCSPF ID
137105
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000253537
ZooBank ID for name or act
30DE3385-D5D5-4352-91C8-C8DFF760F9BF

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🔗 Connections
← Found in taxon 44
camphor, (±)-limonene, vanillin, eugenol, gallic acid, geraniol, linalool, ethinylestradiol +36 more
← Made from material 4
laksa, karedok, Nasi ulam, Pecel Lele
Taxon range 3
Myanmar, Gabon, Guangdong
Belongs to 2
phat kaphrao, drunken noodles
Has use 1
medicinal plant
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Ocimum
Taxon rank 1
species
← Depicts 1
flag of the Northern Mariana Islands
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Summary

Holy Basil is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Gabon Myanmar

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Wikiarius · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Ocimum sanctum
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Wikidata description → Type of basil
    Taxon common name → holy basil
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Taxon common name: Базилик священный"
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