tenuiflorum called Indian basil (Ocimum, syn. O. sanctum), also Tulasi or Tulsi (Sanskrit: तुलसी), King basil or holy basil, is a species of the mint family. Their natural habitat is the tropical and subtropical Asia and northern Australia.
See also the general description of the genus basil.
Indian basil grows as straight, up to 100 cm high shrub with many branches and a finely hairy at the base of woody stem. The oblong, slightly toothed and 2.5 to 5.5 cm by 1 cm to 3 cm measured leaves sit for 1 to 2.5 cm long stems. They are all fine hairs, especially on the nerves at the base of triangular and blunt at the tip.
Six white to red single flowers are in terminal Scheinquirlen 6-8 cm long in spikes. The bracts are approximately 1.5 by 1.5 mm large, heart-shaped and pointed. The flowers are 2.5 mm long stalks, their cups are bell-shaped and 2.5 mm long and double lip. The nuts are brown, with a 0.7 mm times slightly ovoid and slightly bumpy. The chromosome number is 4n = 36
As a botanical distinction to similar types of basil are mainly the posterior stamens. These are only in O. tenuiflorum and O. imperforated tashiroi at the base. In contrast to O. tashiroi Finally, Indian basil also there to feathery tufts hairy, the leaves are more oblong with a blunt tip as ovate pointed, and the more heart-shaped bracts.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indisches_Basilikum
See Also: sending flowers, online florist
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