Your Basil is a culinary Basil originating from Thailand, known as Basil Siam Queen...called in in Thailand as "Horapha".
Notice the inflorescence's anatomy... its NOT A SPIKE... seems to be a bunch... a cyme or a corymb... and the leaves are large, light green.. Secret of growing culinary basil to eat in italian cooking for pasta or pizza etc is to not to let it go to flower... becomes bitter...pinching the top keeps the leaves tender and taste just right, .. . although i must confess I loved seeing these flowers, they are just sooo beautiful... Usha di n Jun 21, 3:25 pm, "Rakesh" <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve planted this one in my garden. Locally identified as ‘MAROOAH’ plant. > The leaves & flowers are scented, somewhat identical to TULSI but much more > scented. Plant has grown to a height of around 2 ft. & is a shrub. This has > been planted under shade but still it is doing good. Please identify this one > as I’ve tried to search under the name ‘MAROOAH’ but did not get any near > results. I’ve searched for ‘Tulsi’ also but no results. > > Rakesh Khedwal > > DSC01298.JPG > 533KViewDownload
