Ocimum tenuiflorum L.

Common Name: Holy Basil, tulasi
Family: Lamiaceae Lindl.

Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
Habitat:

Uses: Tulasi is cultivated for religious and medicinal purposes, and for its essential oil. It is widely known across the Indian subcontinent as a medicinal plant and an herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda, and has an important role within the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, in which devotees perform worship involving holy basil plants or leaves. This plant is revered as an elixir of life.³

USDA Zone: 10b-11

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2017
2016
2015

Accession Data:

Accession # 201500040
Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
Accession Date: 05-29-2015
Bench: 1213 - AUS:West Bench NC
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-19-2017

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: euasterid I
Order: Lamiales
SubOrder:
Family: Lamiaceae
SubFamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
SubTribe: Ociminae

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Hainan / Taiwan / Assam / Bangladesh / India / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / West Himalaya / Andaman Is. / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Nicobar Is. / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea / Queensland /

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 29 May 2015.
Ocimum tenuiflorum at Wikipedia. Accessed 29 May 2015.

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