Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
Family: Lamiaceae
Basil, Sacred basil, Holy basil
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Herb
Distribution:
Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific
Use: Medicinal.
Description:
Subshrubs; branchlets hirsute with reddish-purple hairs. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse at both ends, margin coarsely serrate. Racemes to 11 cm long, generally simple, occasionally branched at base. Calyx purplish, c. 3 mm long, campanulate; lobes 5. Corolla reddish-pink, to 4 mm long, tubular-campanulate. Stamens 4; filaments villous at the base of upper pair. Nutlets c.1.5 mm long, dark brown.