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Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum sanctum, Holy basil, Thai Basil
 Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum sanctum
Family: Labiatae / Lamiaceae
Holy basil, Thai Basil
Origin: India
groundcover and low-growingsmall shrub 2-5 ftfull sunregular waterfragrantethnomedicalspice or herbedibleincuded in CD catalog

This cultivar is characterized by an intensive sweet-camphoraceous fragrance; in India, it is not much used as a culinary herb (although there are scattered reports of such usage), but has a strong religious meaning, being sacred to Vishnu and symbolizing either his wife Lakshmi or the wives of his various avatars.


 
Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum sanctum, Holy basil, Thai Basil
Thai basil cultivar Siam Queen

Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum sanctum, Holy basil, Thai Basil
Thai basil cultivar Siam Queen
Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum sanctum, Holy basil, Thai Basil
Thai basil cultivar
Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum sanctum, Holy basil, Thai Basil
Thai basil cultivar
Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum sanctum, Holy basil, Thai Basil


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