Herb or Spice
sweet basil
NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).
OvateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest.
Black to brown
TuberculateTuberculate:
Having small pimple-like protuberances.
Single protruding scar and a slight, longitudinal ridge on dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
side.
The two flat surfaces are not as obvious but still detectable. Surface texture distinctly tuberculateTuberculate:
Having small pimple-like protuberances..
Not listed
Included
Lamiaceae
Ocimum basilicum L.
Ocimum americanum L.
