Hmm. Ive found two references to "basil originally comes from" in
Google. One says Africa

http://www.essential-oil.org/shop/item19070.htm

the other says India and the Far East

http://www.edenproject.com/3473_134.htm

The plot thickens!

Lazarus.

ps. Then of course maybe it is Torquay. Seems a good place to come from.

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