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
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Good information.