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Ocimum tenuiflorum
Holy Basil
As recorded: Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Lamiaceae
- Collected by
- Pacific Entomological Survey
- Collector number
- Ex 97
- Date
- October 1, 1930
- Locality
- Atuona V.
- Island
- Hiva Oa
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Elevation
- 50 m
- Identified by
- Smith, A.C.; Darwin, S.P.S.P. Darwin →Albert C. Smith →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 1, 1930, Pacific Entomological Survey also collected 8 other specimens.
Ocimum tenuiflorum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 783 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Bangalore, IN-KA, IN
(c) Ritika Mukherjee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
RQWG+8W, Buragunte, Karnataka 562125, India
(c) Vaishnavi Menon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN
(c) maitreyi_kurian, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
CX2X+R6X, Damodarpur Gram, West Bengal 711312, India
(c) Sk Tamiz Uddin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ วิทยาเขตองครักษ์, อ.องครักษ์, จ.นครนายก, TH
(c) Phattha Wongwirachat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
RQWG+8W, Buragunte, Karnataka 562125, India
(c) Udbhav Rajeshkumar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Ocimum tenuiflorum. BISH 150771. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956190486. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/150771.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956190486 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026