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The Oil Within The Plant: Tulsi

It’s an important herb in Ayurvedic medicine and is used in abundance as a medicinal and culinary herb with a multitude of health benefits. 
Mina Napolitano

by Mina Napolitano

The Oil Within The Plant: Tulsi
Tulsi (Holy Basil)

Tulsi sends out its flower buds pretty quickly in the season. Like its Latin name, Ocimum tenuiflorum, tenui meaning slender, and florum meaning flowers, you see profuse long and slender flower spikes with the most delicate pink flower petals poking out of the whorl of calyxes (protective green part). 

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