Camphor Basil
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Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : warm climate with plenty of sunlight
- Leaves : bi pinnate, leaflets broad, acute, and sessile.
- Flowers : seen in terminal panicles, small and whitish
- Fruits : small black or white colored.
Infusions made from the leaves are consumed to alleviate cough, cold, and digestive issues
- It also used in the treat of Asthma, allergy, cold as a purgative to stomach cleaning, urination.
Antimicrobial, Gastrointestinal
Propagation & Cultivation
Propagation through seeds, they are to be sown in the nursery beds. The nursery should be located preferably in partial shade with adequate irrigation facilities. Soil is worked upto a depth of about 30 cm. Well rotten farm yard manure (2 kg/sq.m) is applied to the soil and prepared to a fine tilth and seed beds of 4.5x1.0x0.2 m size are prepared. As the seeds are minute, the required quantity of seeds are mixed with sand in the ratio of 1:4 and sown in nursery bed, 2 months in advance of the onset of monsoon. They germinate in 8-12 days and seedlings are ready for transplanting in about 6 weeks time at 4-5 leaf stage.
