Scientific Name :
Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Synonym :
Common Name : Holy Basil
Plant Family : Lamiaceae
Habit : Herb
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : September to March
Flower Colour : Light purple
Description : Height: Upto 3 m
Stem: Branched, hairy, quadrangular
Leaves: Fragrant, serrate, oblong, elliptical
Flowers: Tiny, pruple colour, bilabiate
Inflorescence: Verticillaster
Fruits: Nutlets
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : VT,TL
Distribution Range : Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific
Uses : It is used to treat asthma, cough, diarrhoe, indigestion, dysentery, arithritis, gastric ailments and fever
