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    Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil or tulsi, is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical...
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    basil, O. basilicum, and the medicinal herb tulsi (holy basil), O. tenuiflorum. Ocimum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera...
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    Basil (redirect from Ocimum basilicum)
    (1–2): 59–63. doi:10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00253-4. PMID 12383625. "Ocimum tenuiflorum L., Synonyms". The Plant List, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri...
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    Basil seed (category Ocimum)
    Basil seed (Ocimum basilicum or Ocimum tenuiflorum, aka Ocimum sanctum) is the general term used to refer to the seeds of a few species of herb plants...
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    Selected Plant Families. Gernot Katzer. "Spice Pages: Basil (Ocimum basilicum/sanctum/tenuiflorum/canum)". gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com. "Tukmaria guide"...
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    Basil, sweet (Ocimum basilicum) Basil, African; Scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) Basil, Holy (Ocimum tenuiflorum) Basil, lemon (Ocimum × citriodorum)...
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    (angagha; Caesalpinia pulcherrima), and the pink Pacific basil (teibwo; Ocimum tenuiflorum). Its dark blue background represents the Pacific Ocean and the Mariana...
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    for making the beads are Rudraksha seeds (used by Shaivites) and Ocimum tenuiflorum (tulasi) stems (used by Vaishnavites). Shaivites believe that the...
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    Srivilliputtur. She was found as an infant, abandoned under a basil (Tulasi - Ocimum tenuiflorum) tree, by Vishnucitta (or Periyalvar) who himself was an Alvar poet...
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    indica) leaves, bael (Aegele marmelos) leaves, holy basil or tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), turmeric or "haldi" (Curcuma longa), cannabis in Hinduism, and white...
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