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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Lemon Basil
| image =
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ocimum]]''
| species = '''''O. × citriodorum'''''
| binomial = ''Ocimum × citriodorum''
| binomial_authority = [[Vis.]]
}}
'''Lemon Basil''' (''Ocimum × citriodorum'') is a [[hybrid]] between [[Basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum'') and African Basil (''Ocimum americanum'')<!--yes, this name is correct; see the genus page Ocimum-->).
It is a herb grown primarily in northeastern [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]], for its strong fragrant lemon scent it is used in cooking, essential oils.
Lemon basil has stems that can grow to 20-40 cm tall. It has white [[flower]]s in late summer to early fall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are similar to Basil leaves, but tend to be narrower. Seeds form on the plant after flowering and dry on the plant.
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?406919 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Ocimum × citriodorum'']
{{Lamiales-stub}}
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Lemon Basil
| image =
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ocimum]]''
| species = '''''O. × citriodorum'''''
| binomial = ''Ocimum × citriodorum''
| binomial_authority = [[Vis.]]
}}
'''Lemon Basil''' (''Ocimum × citriodorum'') is a [[hybrid]] between [[Basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum'') and African Basil (''Ocimum americanum'')<!--yes, this name is correct; see the genus page Ocimum-->).
It is a herb grown primarily in northeastern [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]], for its strong fragrant lemon scent it is used in cooking, essential oils.
Lemon basil has stems that can grow to 20-40 cm tall. It has white [[flower]]s in late summer to early fall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are similar to Basil leaves, but tend to be narrower. Seeds form on the plant after flowering and dry on the plant.
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?406919 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Ocimum × citriodorum'']
{{Lamiales-stub}}
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]