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They call it a weird herb, but from it we make oils that treat acne

Muliru Farmers Conservation Group members display different products which they process from ocimum shrub at Secheno in Shinyalu Sub- County. (Photo: Benjamin Sakwa/Standard)

Mention the name Ocimum kilimandscharicum, and many people will not know what it is.

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