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Nature 423, 232 (15 May 2003) | doi:10.1038/423232a
100 and 50 years ago
In the New Year's number of Nature there appeared an account of a basil, Ocimum viride, a plant which is known to the natives of Nigeria as a protection against mosquitoes. Captain Larymore, by whom this information was first obtained, in a recent letter to the Times mentions that he has brought home a plant which he has presented to the authorities of the Kew Gardens, and that it may be seen there.
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