Names: Ocimum inodourum,
Ocimum tenuiflorum.
English: Monk’s basil; Hoary basil; Holy basil.
Indian: Tulsi; Tulasī.
Dutch: Kruidnagelig balsemkruid der monniken.
Culture: holy plant of the goddess Tulsi in India where the rishi’s preached hygienic doctrines in ritualistic worship of Vishnu and his forms like Krishna and Vithoba.