Fresh Purple Basil (Ocimum basilicum), also known as Albahaca Morada, is offered in two presentations: Fresh Cut Herb or Rooted Plant – With Root. This purple-leaved basil is selected fresh for botanical, spiritual, and religious herbal preparations.

Fresh Purple Basil / Albahaca Morada

Ocimum basilicum includes basil types with naturally purple foliage. Each order contains fresh Purple Basil selected and packed for shipment. Because this is a natural plant, leaf color, stem length, fullness, and appearance can vary by season and availability.

Choose Your Presentation

• Fresh Cut Herb: fresh-cut Purple Basil stems and leaves; does not include roots.
• Rooted Plant – With Root: live rooted Purple Basil plant supplied with its root system.

Traditional Spiritual Use

Within Afro-Caribbean and botanical traditions, Purple Basil is traditionally associated with cleansing baths, devotional herbal preparations, offerings, and ritual plant work. In Botánica Online’s catalog, it is included among herbs associated with Orula, Oyá, and San Lázaro. Traditions and practices vary, so use should follow the guidance appropriate to your own practice.

Explore our Fresh Religious Plants and Spiritual Cleansing collections for related fresh herbs.

What You Receive

You will receive the presentation selected at checkout. Fresh plants and cut herbs are natural products, so shape, color, size, and fullness may differ slightly from the product photo. Rooted plants should be unpacked promptly after delivery and given time to recover from shipping.