Ocimum kilimandscharicum

Name: Ocimum kilimandscharicum – Kenyan Camphor Basil | Perennial
Brand: Ocimum
SKU: pda687
Price: 5.9 EUR
Availability: InStock

€5,90

Organic

Sustainable

Locally grown

Ocimum kilimandscharicum, known as Kenyan Basil or Camphor Basil, is a perennial — even perpetual — species of basil.

The leaves are the main event on this variety - dark, fragrant, dramatic, medicinal and magnificent. The aroma released has a strong camphor scent - making it all the more dramatic.

Flowers are produced during the summer - long, narrow flower spikes bearing small, cream-white two-lipped flowers that open over several months.

Medicinal, edible, used in sauces for pastas or main dishes, fresh or dried - this is a wonderful solution for those who cannot keep their basil alive for more than a few days.

Flowering	June, July, August
Exposure	Full Sun
Frost Tolerance	-5°C
Size	Outdoors
Soil	Well Draining
Origin	Mediterranean

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€5,90

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🪴9x9 cm

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🌱 Grown in our nursery

🧑‍🍳 Edible
☀️ Sun Loving
💦 Drought Tolerant
Kenyan Basil is both a medicinal plant and a culinary herb

❄️Mulch and/or keep in pots for the winter
☀️ Prefers full sun but tolerates partial shade.
🌿 Aromatic foliage
🦋 Loved by bees and butterflies.

Native to Africa, it is widely cultivated in India and across Africa for the production of essential oil and camphor, among other uses.

Ocimum kilimandscharicum forms a shrubby plant with branching, square stems and opposite, oblong, strongly toothed leaves. It is a multi-year plant that can exceed one metre in all directions when in full flower.

Notable hybrids between Ocimum basilicum and Ocimum kilimandscharicum include 'Dark Opal', 'Magic Mountain' and 'African Blue' — all highly decorative and suitable for culinary use. Ocimum kilimandscharicum 'African Blue', for example, produces purple-tinged young leaves and beautiful violet flowers on dark flower stems. This cultivar is more cold-tolerant than the natural form, surviving a few degrees of frost, and is sterile.