Just say you don't know, Nick, and don't speak for others.

If you did any actual research on basil, you would find that it is
considered to have been brought from India or the Middle East where allied
Ocimum species are also found.


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Lazarus Cooke writes:
| Someone pointed out recently that Basil isn't Mediterranean in origin,
| but tropical. This explains a lot - especially about why it's pretty
| hard to grow outdoors here.
|
| I'm just curious - from what country does it originate?

Dunno. Tropical asia, somewhere, but it has been cultivated for
so long that quite likely nobody knows. There are lots of plants
like that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.