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Ocimum tenuiiflorum
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Ocimum tenuiiflorum L., Sp. Pl. 597. 1753; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 308. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 651. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 380. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 283. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 551. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 582. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 665. 2009.
Ocimum sanctum L., Mant. Pl. 1: 85. 1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 609. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1111(778). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 236. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 324. 1984.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Govindapushpam, Krishnathulasi, Thulasi, Thrithavu, Karuthathrithavu
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Tamil name(s):
Tulsi
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English name(s):
Basil, Sacred basil, Holy basil
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Description:
Subshrubs; branchlets hirsute with reddish-purple hairs. Leaves 1.3- 3 x 0.6-2 cm, elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse at both ends, margin coarsely serrate, puberulous; petiole to 2 cm long, covered with reddish-purple hairs. Racemes to 11 cm long, generally simple, occasionally branched at base; pedicel c. 2 mm long. Bracts to 2 x 3 mm, suborbicular. Calyx purplish, c. 3 mm long, campanulate; lobes 5, upper lip ovate, acute, lower lip hispid without. Corolla reddish-pink, to 4 mm long, tubular-campanulate; tube c. 2 mm long, dotted with sessile oil glands; lobes of upper lip oblong-orbicular; lower lip ovate-oblong. Stamens 4; filaments villous at the base of upper pair. Nutlets c.1.5 mm long, ellipsoid, dark brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as a sacred plant, elsewhere as an escape
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Distribution:
Palaeotropic
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Taliparamba, Kasaragod, Nooranad, Nilambur, Ariankavu, Thenmalai, Villumalai
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