Private label wholesale 100% pure natural organic basil essential oil

basil oil

Clove basil is a perennial subshrub of the Lamiaceae family, with a plant height of 1 to 1.2 m. It is an annual upright herb with a fragrance throughout. The stem is quadrangular, with many branches on the upper part, and the surface is usually purple-green and pubescent. The leaves are opposite, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, with an acute or acuminate tip, a cuneate base, sparsely serrated or entire margins, and glandular dots below. The cymes are terminal, arranged in an intermittent racemose pattern, with 6 or more flowers per whorl; the rachis is long and densely pubescent; the bracts are ovate and small, with hairs on the edges; the calyx is tubular, with 5 lobes at the tip, one of which is particularly large and nearly round on the upper side, and the other four are smaller and acutely triangular; the corolla is bilabiate, white or light red; there are 4 stamens, 2 strong; the ovary is 4-lobed. There are 4 nutlets, nearly spherical, dark brown. Single leaves are opposite, the leaflets are long ovate, 5-10 cm long, cuneate at the base, with blunt or coarse serrations on the edges, and glandular dots on the back of the leaves. The inflorescence is a whorl of 10 or more whorls of small flowers forming a spike. The flowers are small, white or yellowish white. The small nuts are nearly spherical. Clove basil is native to Seychelles and Comoros in Africa. It was introduced to China in 1956 and cultivated as an annual in the north and as a subshrub in the south of the Yangtze River. It likes a warm and humid environment with sufficient rainfall. It is propagated by seeds, root division or cuttings. Sowing 0.5 kg of seeds per mu, with a row spacing of 50cm×65cm. It is produced and cultivated in Guangdong and Fujian. When the inflorescence is fully grown 60-75 days after planting, the aboveground part is cut off and distilled. Strengthen fertilizer and water management. Harvest and distill three more times in August, mid-October and late November. The average oil yield is 0.37%-0.77%. The flower spike oil content is the highest.