Basil Leaves

SCIENTIFIC NAME :

 Ocimum Basilicum

MEDICINAL VALUE :

 Medically, has application as insecticide and bactericide.

NUTRIENT VALUE :

 Rich source of iron, vitamin C, vitamin A, Vitamin K, lutein etc.

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :

 Dried basil leaves and stems used as spice for flavouring foods and seasoning tomato paste products. Sweet basil oil used in perfumery compounds.

GLOSSARY :

• English : Basil Leaves
• Tamil : Thulasi / Tirunirrippachai
• Malayalam : Tulasi / Sivatulasi
• Telugu : Thulasi / Tulsi-Chettu
• Kannada : Tulasi / Amli / Huli
• Hindi : Tulsi / Bawari Bawari / Ban Thulasi
• Bengali : Babui Tulsi
• Gujarati : Tulsina / Sabje
• Konkani : Tuulesi
• Marathi : Tulsichi / Sabja / Tulasa
• Oriya : Tulasi / Durlabha
• Punjabi : Imli / Tulasigidda / Tulasi
• Urudu : Imli