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Production techniques for other important medicinal plants

Sweet basil 
Botanical Name – Ociumum basilicum
Family -Lamiaceae

Uses

Carminative

Alkaloids

Eugenol, linaloel

Varieties

European, ReUnion

Seed Rate(kg/ha)

5 kg seed

Spacing(cm)

60×30

Population
55,000
Seedlings
Duration

Four months

Yield(t/ha)
14 t of
green
leaves