✿Lamiaceae · Ocimum
Babui Tulsi / Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum
Also known as Common Basil
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Babui Tulsi itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Babui Tulsi itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
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. thyrsiflorum) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a herb.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Babui Tulsi belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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