Łódź, Botanical Garden

Synonyms: 'Ocimum album', 'Ocimum anisatum', 'Ocimum barrelieri', and about 30 more... Native probably to tropical Africa; now only cultivated. Edible plant - very palatable spice. Herbal plant - used as a traditional medicinal plant for the treatment of headaches, coughs, diarrhea, constipation, warts, worms, and kidney malfunctions.