OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM · GROWN AT EXCELL AFRICA FARMS
Scent Leaf, familiar at home. Valuable beyond the kitchen.
A widely used African culinary herb grown at Excell Africa Farms and explored as both a fresh ingredient and a carefully processed botanical product.
BOTANICAL PROFILE
Ocimum gratissimum
Scent Leaf at Excell Africa.
A widely used African culinary herb grown at Excell Africa Farms and explored as both a fresh ingredient and a carefully processed botanical product.
CURRENT & DEVELOPING FORMATS
From crop to useful product.
FROM SOIL TO SIGNIFICANCE
From plant to product.
Grow
Raised at Excell Africa Farms as part of our expanding farm-rooted botanical programme.
Harvest
Healthy leaves are selected and harvested for fresh use or processing.
Transform
Leaves can be cleaned and carefully dried before packing or further transformation.
WHY THIS CROP MATTERS
More than something we grow.
Suitable for culinary use, seasoning applications and future processed botanical products.
Our wider purpose is to understand the crops already around us, process them responsibly, build useful products and retain more agricultural value closer to where it begins.
- ✓ Farm-rooted cultivation
- ✓ Responsible processing
- ✓ Traceability and documentation
- ✓ Product and market development