Vegetable Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

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Vegetable Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Archive Seeds (HPS Number M05553)

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RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 105457 - accepted name
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Letter to the editor: Colin Crews, HPS East Yorkshire Group by Colin Crews
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

The author with M. wallichii © Colin Crews
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Vegetable Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

M05553

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