Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Lamiaceae

Genus:

Ocimum

Species:

Ocimum obovatum subsp. obovatum

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Rwanda