Ocimum ovatum

Benth.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are used as a potherb.

It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, South America*, Uruguay,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A herb. The leaves are opposite and oval and have rounded teeth long the edge. The flowers are purple.

Names & Synonyms

Alfavaca, Satureja, Segurelha

Ocimum balansae Briq. ex MicheliOcimum hassleri Briq.Ocimum tweedieanum Benth.and others

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 575