Thanx Gurucharanji and Hari for the identification. But Hari I have some sweet smelling O. basilicum accessions having saunf like smell
regards On 5/24/11, hari lal <taxo....@gmail.com> wrote: > I go with Dr Gurcharan singh O. americanum > Ocimum basilicum having smell is bitter armatic with oily stem leaves > not lemon smell just like pudina smeel with bitter test. > > On 5/24/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I would go with O. americanum based on shorter corolla, slightly longer >> than >> calyx and more hairy calyx >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:35 AM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Sending photographs of Ocimum. confused over Ocimum basilicum and O. >>> americanum. The plants details as in the photographs and having lemon >>> scented smell. Growing in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, Plants ca. 50 cm >>> tall >>> >>> regards >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Amit Chauhan >>> Junior Technical Assistant >>> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, >>> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, >>> Uttarakhand 263149 >>> ph.05944 234445 >>> mob.+919412161087 >>> mail: amitci...@gmail.com >>> amitci...@rediffmail.com >>> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >>> >> > > > -- > HARI SHANKAR LAL > AT-SHIV KUTIR > PO-BARA BAZAR > DIST-HAZARIBAG > PIN-825301 > JHARKHAND,INDIA > MOBILE-9431530563 > email-taxo....@gmail.com > -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in