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oci·mum tenui·flo·rum

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  1. Ocimum tenuiflorum

    Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulsi or tulasi, and tamole, damole, or domole in Fiji, is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and widespread as a cultivated plant throughout the Southeast Asian tropics.Tulsi is cultivated for religious and traditional medicine purposes, and also for its essential oil. It is widely used as a herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda, and has a place within the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, in which devotees perform worship involving holy basil plants or leaves. The variety of Ocimum tenuiflorum used in Thai cuisine is referred to as Thai holy basil (Thai: กะเพรา kaphrao) and is the key herb in phat kaphrao, a stir-fry dish; it is not the same as Thai basil, which is a variety of Ocimum basilicum. In Cambodia, it is known as mreah-prov (Khmer: ម្រះព្រៅ).

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  1. Ocimum tenuiflorum

    Ocimum tenuiflorum, also known as Ocimum sanctum, Holy basil, or tulasī, is an aromatic plant in the family Lamiaceae which is native throughout the Eastern World tropics and widespread as a cultivated plant. It is an erect, much branched subshrub, 30–60 cm tall with hairy stems and simple opposite green or purple leaves that are strongly scented. Leaves have petioles and are ovate, up to 5 cm long, usually slightly toothed. The flowers are purplish in elongate racemes in close whorls. The two main morphotypes cultivated in India and Nepal are green-leaved and purple-leaved. Tulasi is cultivated for religious and medicinal purposes, and for its essential oil. It is widely known across South Asia as a medicinal plant and an herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda, and has an important role within the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism, in which devotees perform worship involving holy basil plants or leaves. The variety of Ocimum tenuiflorum used in Thai cuisine is referred to as Thai holy basil; it is not to be confused with Thai basil, which is a variety of Ocimum basilicum.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ocimum tenuiflorum in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ocimum tenuiflorum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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  • tenuiflorumArabic
  • ocimum tenuiflorumGerman
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  • महासागरीय तेनुफ़्लोरमHindi
  • ocimum tenuiflorumHebrew
  • ocimum tenuiflorumKannada
  • 오시멈 테누이플로룸Korean
  • ocimum tenuiflorumLatin
  • ocimum tenuiflorumNorwegian
  • ocimum tenuiflorumRussian
  • ఓసిమమ్ టెనుఫ్లోరమ్Telugu
  • اوکیموم ٹینیوفلورمUrdu
  • 细花罗勒Chinese

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