Details for: PI 2008, Ocimum basilicum L., 'Large violet'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Cultivar:
'Large violet'
Origin:
Collected – France
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
13 Feb 1899
PI Assigned:
1899
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Cultivar:
'Large violet'
Origin:
Collected – France
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
13 Feb 1899
PI Assigned:
1899
Source History
Collected

France

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Large violet'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Large Violet. Leaves have clove flavor, used for flavoring soups and sauces. Plants erect, much branched and leafy. Seed sown in rows, thinned to 15 inches apart, or in hotbeds and transplanted when ground is warm. Plants cut off at ground when in bud and after curing in warm dry place are pressed into cakes, which retain their flavor for several years.
Ocimum basilicum L.
Genus:
Ocimum
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Subtribe:
Ociminae
Nomen number:

25478
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:597. 1753
Verified:
01/23/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Ocimum basilicum L. var. basilicum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ocimum basilicum L. var. album (L.) Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. difforme Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. glabratum Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. majus Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. purpurescens Benth.
Ocimum basilicum L. var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth.
Ocimum ciliatum Hornem.
Ocimum thyrsiflorum L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbasil  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsweet basil  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Arabicreihan  2Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Frenchbasilic  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
GermanBasilienkraut  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
GermanBasilikum  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italianbasilico  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Japanese Rōmajime-bōki  2Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Portuguesealfavaca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesemanjericão  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishalbahaca  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Swedishbasilika  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseluo le  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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