{"id":9929,"date":"2010-03-08T13:28:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T12:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=9929"},"modified":"2010-03-08T18:56:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T17:56:18","slug":"organic-india-tulsi-the-holy-basil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/organic-india-tulsi-the-holy-basil\/","title":{"rendered":"ORGANIC INDIA, TULSI THE HOLY BASIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9931\" title=\"tulsi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tulsi1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tulsi\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tulsi1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tulsi1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tulsi1.JPG 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicindia.com\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">www.organicindia.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">( Organic Health &amp; Wellness Products )<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicindia.com\/tulsi-facts.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&gt; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">WHAT IS TULSI <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&lt;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/eso\/to\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&gt; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">TULSI &#8211; SACRED TEXT\u00b4s<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&lt;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=432\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&gt;<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">TULSI K&#214;NIGIN DER HEILKR&#196;UTER<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&lt;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><em>Ocimum tenuiflorum<\/em> (also tulsi, tulas&#196;?) is an aromatic plant in the family <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><a title=\"Lamiaceae\" href=\"\/wiki\/Lamiaceae\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Lamiaceae<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">. It is an erect, much branched subshrub 30-60\u00a0cm tall with hairy stems and simple opposite green leaves that are strongly scented. Leaves have <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><a title=\"Petiole (botany)\" href=\"\/wiki\/Petiole_(botany)\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">petioles<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, and are <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><a title=\"Ovate\" href=\"\/wiki\/Ovate\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">ovate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, up to 5\u00a0cm long, usually slightly toothed. Flowers are purplish in elongate racemes in close whorls.<sup> <\/sup>\u00a0There are two main morphotypes cultivated in India\u2014green-leaved (Sri or Lakshmi tulsi) and purple-leaved (Krishna tulsi).<sup> <\/sup>\u00a0There is also a variety of <em>Ocimum tenuiflorum<\/em> which is used in <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><a title=\"Thai cuisine\" href=\"\/wiki\/Thai_cuisine\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Thai cuisine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, and is referred to as Thai holy basil, or kha phrao (\u0e01\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e32)<sup> <\/sup>not be confused with &#8222;Thai Basil&#8220;, which is a variety of\u00a0 <em>Ocimum basilicum<\/em>\u00a0. Read more: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ocimum_tenuiflorum\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">&gt; HERE &lt;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Tulsi is native throughout the Old World tropics and widespread as a cultivated plant and an escaped weed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong>ORGANIC INDIA<\/strong> means absolute commitment to quality . 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