Dark opal basil
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dark-opal-basil-293-2235113
title:
Dark opal basil
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Dark opal basil is a cultivar of Ocimum basilicum, developed by John Scarchuk and Joseph Lent at the University of Connecticut in the 1950s. With deep purple, sometimes mottled leaves, it is grown as much for its decorative appeal as for its culinary value. Dark opal basil was a 1962 winner of the All-American Selection award. Like other purple basils, the purple color is from anthocyanins, especially cyanidin-3-(di-p-coumarylglucoside)-5-glucoside but also other cyanidin based and peonidin base
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Basil cultivar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_opal_basil
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2024-03-11T10:42:22Z
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