Shayama Tulsi Plant - श्यामा तुलसी का पोधा - Purple Leaf Basil

Shayama Tulsi Plant -  श्यामा तुलसी का पोधा - Purple Leaf Basil

Sacred Shayama Tulsi Plant or holy basil is a plant that’s held in great reverence by many cultures and religions (particularly Hindu) and has many medicinal benefits. It’s also an easy-to-grow addition to the herb garden and a highly fragrant plant that’s edible and tasty.

Flavourwise, it has a more aniseed taste than traditional sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum), which is the most popular of all the basils. The leaf is also slightly smaller and a little tougher than sweet basil, with a slightly hairy purple stem. The olive-green leaves of sacred basil are also tinged with purple. It grows to around 30-90cm high.

This Tulsi plant comes from India but is grown widely through Southeast Asia. As well as being valued for cooking (it’s particularly popular in Thai cooking) it has many medicinal uses. It’s particularly used to relieve stress and is considered to be a rejuvenative herb (also known as an adaptogenic herb). It’s rich in essential oils.

In India this Tulsi is valued for both physical and spiritual properties. This is reflected in one of its common names — tulsi (also sometimes tulasi). For Hindus, the herb tulsi is viewed as a goddess and a manifestation of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity and wife of the god Vishnu. The leaves are used in some religious ceremonies, while the stems or roots are made into prayer beads known as tulsi rosaries.

Throughout Asia, sacred basil is traditionally grown in an earthenware pot and its leaves are used to make tea. To make a restoring cup of holy basil tea, steep a few leaves in boiling water. It can also be used as a fresh herb in salads or as a substitute for fresh basil. As it’s very pungent, taste it before adding too much to a dish.

A good way to grow this aromatic herb is in a pot but it will grow in any sunny, well-drained garden. As it matures, sacred basil produces spires of mauve flowers that are highly attractive to pollinating insects, including bees, native bees and butterflies. As it flowers over a long period, it’s a great addition to any pollinator garden.

Common names: Holy basil, queen of herbs, sacred basil, tulsi

Botanical name: Ocimum tenuiflorum var. sanctum

Family: Lamiaceae

Aspect & soil: Full sun; well-drained soil

Best climate: Tropics, subtropics, temperate, Mediterranean

Habit: Perennial

Propagation: Seed

Difficulty: Easy

ALTERNATE NAME OF Tulsi Plant

Botanical name: Ocimum tenuiflorum

hindi: Pavitra Tulsi (पवित्र तुलसी), tamil: Puṉita tuḷaci (புனித துளசி), telugu: Pavitra Tulsi (పవిత్ర తులసి), kannada: Pavitra Tulsi (ಪವಿತ್ರ ತುಳಸಿ), bengali: Pavitra Pudina (পবিত্র পুদিনা), marathi: Pavitra tuḷasi (पवित्र तुळस), malayalam: viśud’dha tuḷasi (വിശുദ്ധ തുളസി), 

Other Name: tulasi seeds, Krishna tulasi, Thulsi

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