Names
No scientific synonyms are recorded for this name.
English: Basil, Sweet Basil, sweet-basil, thai basil.
In other languages
- Afrikaans: Basielkruid
- Arabic: reihan, ريحان
- Basque: Albaraka
- Belarusian: Базілік
- Bulgarian: Босилек
- Catalan: Alfàbrega
- Chinese: luo le, 九層塔, 羅勒
- Croatian: Bosiljak
- Czech: bazalka pravá, bazalka vonná
- Dutch: Basilicum
- Estonian: vürtsbasiilik
- Finnish: Maustebasilika
- French: Basilic, Basilic aux sauces, Basilic commun, Basilic, Basilic commun, Basilic à épis nombreux, Basilic commun, Ocime basilic, Basilic aux sauces, Basilic romain, Herbe royale, Pistou
- Galician: Asubiote
- German: Basilienkraut, Basilikum
- Greek: vasilikos, Βασιλικός, Κοινός Βασιλικός, Ώκιμον το βασιλικόν
- Hebrew: ריחן, ריחן הבזיל
- Hungarian: Bazsalikom
- Indonesian: Selasih
- Italian: Basilico
- Japanese: me-bōki, バジリコ, メボウキ, 目箒
- Korean: 바질, 스위트바질
- Malay: Pokok Selasih
- Norwegian (Bokmål): basilikum
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): basilikum
- Persian: ریحان
- Polish: Bazylia pospolita
- Portuguese: alfavaca, alfavaca-cheirosa, alfavacão, basilicão, basilicum-grande, erva-real, manjericão, manjericão-de-molho, manjericão-grande
- Romanian: Busuioc
- Russian: Базилик душистый, Базилик обыкновенный
- Serbian: Босиљак
- Slovak: bazalka pravá
- Slovene: Navadna bazilika
- Spanish: albahaca, Albahaca dulce
- Swedish: basilika
- Tamil: கிராம்பு துளசி
- Thai: โหระพา
- Turkish: fesleğen, Feslegen, reyhan otu
- Ukrainian: Васильки справжні, Васильки справжні (базилік)
- Vietnamese: É
- arg: Albaca
- epo: Bazilio
- hat: Bazilik
- hye: Ռեհան բուրավետ
- isl: Basilíka
- kur: Rihan
- nor: basilikum
- oci: Basèli
- sin: සුවඳ තලා
- smo: Sauga
- tah: Miri
- ton: Taʻetaʻe
Names with no language recorded: Albahaca, Albahaca blanca, alfhabaca, basil, Bazlik, Eorþmistel, Garden basil, ki 'a'ala, luo le, me-bōki, mine kekaa, mine, mine kuà, mini, mine kekaa, mine vae, miri, miri no’ano’a, migi, migi no’ano’a, Oregano falso (ES); Basil, Ruraked.
Where it is recorded
Taxonomy record sources: GBIF (CC BY 4.0), USDA_PLANTS_CATALOG (Public Domain). Loaded from the botanica open cultivated-plant knowledge base and the GBIF backbone; each row keeps its origin.
Growth stages
- Growth: about 45 days
What the sources say it wants
Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.
Whole cycle
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Daily light integral at the canopy (mol/m2/d) | 12 to 25 (warning below 12) | published: DLI 'Requirements' (Runkle, GPN 'Technically Speaking', May 2019, p.50) (Michigan State University Floricultur |
| Feed | Nitrogen (ppm) | 125 to 175 (target 175) | published: A Recipe for Hydroponic Success (Mattson & Peters) (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture (hosted fact shee |
Growth
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Daily light integral at the canopy (mol/m2/d) | 16 to 25 (warning above 28.75, alert above 32.5; warning below 13.6, alert below 11.2) | curated: University extension recommended DLI (Purdue/Michigan State CEA) |
| Light | Photoperiod (h) | 16 | curated: University extension recommended DLI (Purdue/Michigan State CEA) |
| Feed | Calcium (ppm) | 120 to 200 (warning above 230, alert above 260; warning below 102, alert below 84) | curated: Typical hydroponic solution targets (Hoagland / Steiner / university CEA) |
| Feed | Potassium (ppm) | 150 to 250 (warning above 287.5, alert above 325; warning below 127.5, alert below 105) | curated: Typical hydroponic solution targets (Hoagland / Steiner / university CEA) |
| Feed | Magnesium (ppm) | 40 to 60 (warning above 69, alert above 78; warning below 34, alert below 28) | curated: Typical hydroponic solution targets (Hoagland / Steiner / university CEA) |
| Feed | Nitrogen (ppm) | 120 to 180 (warning above 207, alert above 234; warning below 102, alert below 84) | curated: Typical hydroponic solution targets (Hoagland / Steiner / university CEA) |
| Feed | Phosphorus (ppm) | 30 to 50 (warning above 57.5, alert above 65; warning below 25.5, alert below 21) | curated: Typical hydroponic solution targets (Hoagland / Steiner / university CEA) |
| Feed | Sulfur (ppm) | 40 to 90 (warning above 103.5, alert above 117; warning below 34, alert below 28) | curated: Typical hydroponic solution targets (Hoagland / Steiner / university CEA) |
| Air | Air circulation (ACH) | 20 to 40 (warning above 46, alert above 52; warning below 17, alert below 14) | curated: University extension / CEA greenhouse climate guidelines (aerial setpoints) |
| Air | Air temperature, day (°C) | 20 to 26 (warning above 29.9, alert above 33.8; warning below 17, alert below 14) | curated: University extension / CEA greenhouse climate guidelines (aerial setpoints) |
| Air | Air temperature, night (°C) | 17 to 20 (warning above 23, alert above 26; warning below 14.45, alert below 11.9) | curated: University extension / CEA greenhouse climate guidelines (aerial setpoints) |
| Air | CO2 (ppm) | 700 to 1000 (warning above 1150, alert above 1300; warning below 595, alert below 490) | curated: University extension / CEA greenhouse climate guidelines (aerial setpoints) |
| Air | Relative humidity (%) | 55 to 65 (warning above 74.75, alert above 84.5; warning below 46.75, alert below 38.5) | curated: University extension / CEA greenhouse climate guidelines (aerial setpoints) |
| Air | Vapor pressure deficit, day (kPa) | 0.8 to 1.1 (warning above 1.26, alert above 1.43; warning below 0.68, alert below 0.56) | curated: University extension / CEA greenhouse climate guidelines (aerial setpoints) |
| Root zone | Dissolved oxygen, root zone (mg/L) | 6 to 8 (warning above 9.2, alert above 10.4; warning below 5.1, alert below 4.2) | curated: Hydroponic / CEA root-zone targets (solution temp, DO, substrate VWC) |
| Root zone | Root-zone temperature (°C) | 18 to 22 (warning above 25.3, alert above 28.6; warning below 15.3, alert below 12.6) | curated: Hydroponic / CEA root-zone targets (solution temp, DO, substrate VWC) |
| Root zone | Substrate moisture (%) | 45 to 65 (warning above 74.75, alert above 84.5; warning below 38.25, alert below 31.5) | curated: Hydroponic / CEA root-zone targets (solution temp, DO, substrate VWC) |
Phenophases observed by the USA National Phenology Network
10 phenophases are tracked for this species and refreshed nightly, as stage triggers: All leaves withered, Flowers or flower buds, Fruits, Initial growth, Leaves, Open flowers, Recent fruit or seed drop, Ripe fruits.
Keystone status
Complete under the keystone KEEP rule: at least one growth stage and at least one band in each of light, air and root zone. This crop can be assembled into a grow recipe and a control contract.
Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.