English: Sweet Basil
Tagalog: Balanoy
A very fragrant herb, growing up to 70 cm high. An erect, branched undershrub, glabrous or somewhat branched; very aromatic when crushed. The stem is squarish. Leaves: simple, opposite, ovate to oblong-ovate, entire or slightly toothed, with acute tips and glandular spots on the lower surface. Flowers: the inflorescences are racemes, usually purplish with short pedicles. Calyx of the individual flower or floret is strongly reflexed, the upper lobe round, the lower two narrowly lanceolate and acuminate, and the lateral ones ovate. Corolla bilabiate, exerted, and upper lip broader, subequally 4-fid, the lower lip entire. Petals pink or purplish, stamens exserted.Fruits: nutlets, smooth or somewhat rugose.
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