Babui Tulsi / Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum var. basilicum
Also known as Common Basil
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ocimum basilicum var. basilicum
- Genus
- Ocimum
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Widely cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Naturalized in tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Lamiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बबुई तुलसी Babui tulsi, राम तुलसी Ram Tulsi
- Bengali
- Khubkalam
- Tamil
- துளஸி Tirunittru, Chankanirakkarantai, Chapchavitai
- Telugu
- bhoo tulasi, bhu-tulasi
- Kannada
- ಕಮಗಗ್ಗರೆ Kamagaggare, ಕಾಮಕಸ್ತೂರಿ Kaama kasturi
- Malayalam
- pach-cha-pushpam, pachcha, ram-tulasi
- Marathi
- Bhoo tulasi, Bhu-tulasi
About Babui Tulsi
Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum var. basilicum) is an undershrub belonging to the Lamiaceae family (Mint/Sage family). Members of this family are generally characterised by opposite simple leaves, verticillaster (whorled cymes) flower clusters, 4 nutlets fruit. It is typically found in widely cultivated. Native to Old World tropics, it is distributed across Naturalized in tropics. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Babui Tulsi belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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