This is a common kitchen herbal garden plant in TN. Tamil name: திருநீற்றுப் பச்சிலை (Thiruneetru pachchilai). Leaf-juice is administered into painful ear for quick relief.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > This Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum), once native to India & Persia, is said > to be considered by Hindus as a passport to heaven when buried with them. > This was a 'Royal herb' for ancient Greeks, it seems. > http://www.azarboretum.org/plantlist/basil.htm > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Madhuri: Marawa in gujarati is the Lantana whose leaf smells when >> crushed... earthy ++ unripe mango like.... >> and its very distinctive, once experienced one does not forget... >> may be its the same with some of these culinary herbs,.... >> Usha di >> ------- >> >> >> On Jun 22, 12:18 am, [email protected] wrote: >> > Search for marawa. May be? >> > Madhuri >> > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: "Rakesh" <[email protected]> >> > >> > Sender: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:55:43 >> > To: Indiantreepix<[email protected]> >> > Subject: [efloraofindia:72242] Pl. confirm >> > >> > 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 >> > >
