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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum filamentosum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum fimbriatum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum grandiflorum",
      "authorship": "Lam.",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum gratissimum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum jamesii",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum kenyense",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum kilimandscharicum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum labiatum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum lamiifolium",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum masaiense",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum mearnsii",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum metallorum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum minutiflorum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum monocotyloides",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum motjaneanum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum nudicaule",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum ovatum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum reclinatum",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum sebrabergensis",
      "authorship": "Swanepoel & van Jaarsv.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum serpyllifolium",
      "authorship": "Forssk.",
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum serratum",
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      "slug": "ocimum-serratum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ocimum-serratum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum spectabile",
      "authorship": "(Gürke) A.J.Paton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253520",
      "slug": "ocimum-spectabile",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Ocimum spicatum",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum tenuiflorum",
      "authorship": "L.",
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      "photographs_found": 36,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ocimum-tenuiflorum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum transamazonicum",
      "authorship": "C.Pereira",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253549",
      "slug": "ocimum-transamazonicum",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum tubiforme",
      "authorship": "(R.D.Good) A.J.Paton",
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      "slug": "ocimum-tubiforme",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ocimum-tubiforme/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum urundense",
      "authorship": "Robyns & Lebrun",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253561",
      "slug": "ocimum-urundense",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum vandenbrandei",
      "authorship": "(P.A.Duvign. & Plancke ex Ayob.) A.J.Paton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253565",
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      "documented": false,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum vanderystii",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253566",
      "slug": "ocimum-vanderystii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum verticillifolium",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253569",
      "slug": "ocimum-verticillifolium",
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      "documented": false,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum vihpyense",
      "authorship": "A.J.Paton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253570",
      "slug": "ocimum-vihpyense",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum waterbergense",
      "authorship": "(S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253580",
      "slug": "ocimum-waterbergense",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ocimum × africanum",
      "authorship": "Lour.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000253206",
      "slug": "ocimum-africanum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
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      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
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      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/ocimum/"
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}