Thai basil
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Thai basil is a type of basil native to and widely used throughout Southeast Asia, that has been cultivated to provide distinctive traits. Its flavor is described as anise- and licorice-like and sligh
Early-season Thai basil
Sweet basil is light green with wide leaves while Thai basil has purple stems and flowers and spear-like leaves
Late summer Thai basil flowers
Midsummer Thai basil with flowers
Ocimum tenuiflorum
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Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as tulasi, tulsi, or holy basil, is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is widely cultivated throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. It is native
Thai basil
…throughout Southeast Asia and plays a prominent role in Vietnamese cuisine. It is the cultivar most often used for Asian cooking in Western kitchens. Holy basil (O. tenuiflorum), mreah-pruv (Khmer: ម្រះព្រៅ), or kaphrao (Thai: กะเพรา), which has a spicy, peppery, clove-like taste, may be the basil Thai people…
Tulsi or Tulasi Holy basil
Phat kaphrao mu – Thai holy basil with pork – a common dish in Thailand.
A plate of gulai kepala ikan (fish head's gulai) accompanied by ruku-ruku, slices of blimbi wuluh (Averrhoa bilimbi) and green cabai rawit (bird's eye chilies).
Flowers