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    BASIL

    Feb 22, 2019 2 minutes
    Words by Jude and Michel Fanton

    BOTANICAL NAME:

    Ocimum basilicum, O. gratissimum, O. sanctum and O. canum.

    ORIGIN:

    There are several species of basil, all of them native to either Africa or Asia.

    DESCRIPTION:

    There are both perennial and annual basils, and their shape and size range from almost prostrate to mighty bushes two metres high.

    CULTIVATION:

    Basil is

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