BASIL Ocimum basilicum Annual culinary medicinal Sow: early Spring, late Spring household Stratification required industrial tea Culinary: Sweet Basil goes well with tomato dishes BASIL, W. AFRICAN Ocimum viride Tender Perennial (O. gratissimum) culinary medicinal From Ghana - used throughtout Africa - leaf is highly antiseptic due to thymol content fevers diarrhea insect repellent gargle conjunctivitis dressing for wounds