Ocimum tenuiflorum
Holy Basil
As recorded: Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Lamiaceae
- Collected by
- Kajewski, S.F.
- Collector number
- 2195
- Date
- September 28, 1930
- Locality
- Marmaromino, Buin
- Island
- Bougainville Island
- Region
- North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 50 m
- Identified by
- Smith, A.C.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 28, 1930, Kajewski, S.F. also collected 11 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 150793. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956649463. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/150793.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956649463 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026