Description
The plant tastes somewhat like anise, with a strong, pungent, sweet smell. Basil is very sensitive to cold. It is best grown in hot, dry conditions. While most common varieties are treated as annuals, some are perennial, including African Blue and Holy Thai basil
Sticky Wild Basil is a subshrub, growing from a woody base. Branchlets are finely velvet-hairy, 4-angled, becoming round later. Leaves are decussate, elliptic to nearly round, up to 2 x 1.5 cm, densely velvet-hairy below, base flat, margin rounded toothed, tip blunt; leaf-stalk to 1 cm.
Flowers are borne in whorls of 6, on a 3-chotomous raceme at branch ends.Plant Specifications
| Common Name | Sweet basil tulsi |
| Maximum Reachable Height | 8 to 18 feet |
| Flower Colour | Yellow to reddish |
| Bloom Time | Dry climate to bloom |
| Difficulty Level | Easy, Moderately easy |
Planting and care
Sabja Plant care
| Sunlight | Full Sun |
| Watering | Keep soil moist throughout the growing season |
| Soil | Well-drained soil |
| Temperature | 25 to 30 degrees C |
| Fertilizer | Use any organic fertilizer |
Sabja Plant special feature
After the seedlings have their first six leaves, prune to above the second set.Every time a branch has six to eight leaves, repeat pruning the branches back to their first set of leaves
Sabja Plant uses
Ornamental Use:
- Can be used for ornamental purpose
Medicinal Use:
- Unverified information Because of its medicinal virtues, Tulsi is used in Ayurvedic preparations for treating various ailments
- Note: The following information is general guidelines
- Be sure to ask your healthcare provider for guidelines