| Family Name | Labiatae |
| Scientific name | Ocimum basilicum |
| Common name | Purple Ruffles |
| Growth habit | Annual herb |
| Leaf | Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, glandular points on the back, pale green and long fine hairs. With powerful stimulus, the smell of incense. |
| Flower | Open violet flowers, about September flowering. |
| Fruit | Seed looks a bit like black sesame, mature in about October. |
| More to learn | Extraction of essential oils, modulation spices, preparation of cosmetics, soap and food flavor, or as toothpaste, mouthwash flavoring agents; leaves for cooking food also drink tea. |
| Properties | Spicy, warm, slightly toxic. |
| Treats | Tune in digestion, go foul smells, eliminate moisture, should be eaten raw. And the treatment tooth root rotten sore. |
| Reference | General information Extract Extract Gallery |