Lemon basil

Ocimum africanumAlso called Ocimum africanum and Ocimum × africanum

Lemon basil is a variety of basil with a citrus aroma. Cooks use its leaves raw or to season stews and stir-fries.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Herbs & spices
Variety of: Basil
Part used: Leaf
Family: Lamiaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Katharva · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use lemon basil

Typical ways to cook or use it

Raw
Season
Stew
Stir fry

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

Citrus

On the table

Dishes made with lemon basil

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Kohu-kohu
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include lemon basil.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: lemon basil in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: basil
A variety of: basil

Around the world

What lemon basil is called

Names in 25 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Ocimum africanum
French
Ocimum africanum
Italian
Ocimum africanum
Portuguese
Ocimum africanum
German
Ocimum africanum
Dutch
citroenbasilicum · Ocimum × africanum · Ocimum africanum
Russian
Ocimum africanum
Polish
Ocimum africanum
Arabic
حبق أفريقي
Chinese
疏柔毛罗勒 · 柠檬罗勒
Japanese
レモンバジル
Korean
레몬바질

Show all 25 languages

Albanian
Ocimum africanum
Asturian
Ocimum africanum
Bulgarian
Ocimum africanum
Cebuano
sangig
Finnish
Ocimum africanum
Gorontalo
Balakama
Indonesian
Kemangi
Irish
Ocimum africanum
Latin
Ocimum africanum
Romanian
Ocimum africanum
Simplified Chinese
疏柔毛罗勒
Simplified Chinese (China)
疏柔毛罗勒
Ukrainian
Ocimum africanum
Vietnamese
Ocimum africanum
Waray
Ocimum africanum

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q15347492

Photos