All Discussions Tagged 'tulsi' - Zoobird2024-03-28T18:10:59Zhttps://www.zoobird.com/group/teazoo/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=tulsi&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHoly Basil Teatag:www.zoobird.com,2010-06-25:2129360:Topic:261772010-06-25T15:17:07.652ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p style="text-align: left;"><br></br><a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profile/eric">Eric</a> gave me some of this Holy Basil tea. The striking thing is its taste. It's delicious. Nearly as surprizing is how far it goes. I made a pot using one tea bag. It's extremely strong. It easily yields several cups from a tea bag. Wikipedia describes Holy Basil as "<br></br></p>
<p><i><b>Ocimum tenuiflorum</b></i> (also <b>tulsi</b>, <b>tulasī</b>) is an aromatic plant…</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><br/><a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profile/eric">Eric</a> gave me some of this Holy Basil tea. The striking thing is its taste. It's delicious. Nearly as surprizing is how far it goes. I made a pot using one tea bag. It's extremely strong. It easily yields several cups from a tea bag. Wikipedia describes Holy Basil as "<br/></p>
<p><i><b>Ocimum tenuiflorum</b></i> (also <b>tulsi</b>, <b>tulasī</b>) is an aromatic plant in the family <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamiaceae" title="Lamiaceae">Lamiaceae</a> which is native throughout the Old World tropics and widespread as a cultivated plant and an escaped weed.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> It is an erect, much branched subshrub 30-60 cm tall with hairy stems
and simple opposite green leaves that are strongly scented. Leaves have<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petiole_%28botany%29" title="Petiole (botany)">petioles</a>, and are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovate" title="Ovate" class="mw-redirect">ovate</a>, up to 5 cm long, usually slightly toothed. Flowers are purplish in elongate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racemes" title="Racemes" class="mw-redirect">racemes</a> in close whorls.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> There are two main <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphotype" title="Morphotype" class="mw-redirect">morphotypes</a> cultivated in India—green-leaved (Sri or Lakshmi tulsi) and purple-leaved (Krishna tulsi).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>"</sup></p>
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<p><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">I hear its easy to grow. Nice!<br/></sup></p>