Ocimum tenuiflorum

Ocimum tenuiflorum is a tropical aromatic herb in the mint family, cultivated as holy basil or tulsi. Its leaves are used in traditional medicine and Hindu worship.

Lamiaceae: Lamiaceae is a flowering-plant family known for aromatic herbs with square stems and paired leaves. Tulsi belongs to this family, whose characteristic oils and flowers help place it among the mints.
Ayurveda: Ayurveda is a South Asian system of medicine with historical roots in India. Tulsi is a widely used herb in Ayurvedic formulations and household practice.
Tulsi plant in Hindu households: A tulsi plant in a Hindu household is a cultivated plant maintained as part of domestic religious practice. Household cultivation links daily care of the herb with worship and purity.
Ocimum basilicum: Ocimum basilicum is sweet basil, an aromatic herb widely used in cooking. It is the familiar culinary basil, distinct from holy basil despite sharing the genus.
Evidence-based medicine: Evidence-based medicine integrates research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient circumstances in health decisions. It offers a framework for assessing claims about tulsi without dismissing traditional practice.
Ocimum: Ocimum is a genus of aromatic plants that includes culinary basil and several species used in traditional medicine. Tulsi is one species in this genus, alongside better-known culinary basils.
Hinduism: Hinduism is a diverse family of religious traditions originating in the Indian subcontinent. Tulsi has a sacred place in many Hindu traditions and domestic rituals.
Tulsi in Indian traditional medicine: Tulsi in Indian traditional medicine is the use of holy basil in remedies across regional healing practices. This case illustrates the plant’s wide medicinal reputation without implying every use is clinically proven.
Ocimum gratissimum: Ocimum gratissimum is an aromatic basil species cultivated in tropical regions and used as food and medicine. This other medicinally used Ocimum species is sometimes confused with tulsi.
Clinical pharmacology: Clinical pharmacology studies how drugs act in people, including their effects, dosing, and safety. Human pharmacology is needed to establish effective and safe doses for tulsi preparations.

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BasilCompared with: It is a close relative often called basil, but differs from sweet basil in flavor and cultural use.