Sunday, November 6, 2011

හීන්තලා[Heen-tala]/American basil/Hoary basil ( Ocimum americanum)


An indigenous annual herb of waste grounds, road sides and such other places in low country dry zone. The leaves have pleasant camphor like scent.

1 comment:

  1. Do this plants edible as others basil leaves? I like to eat the leaves raw with sambol as Indonesia's habit.

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