FRENCH BASIL OIL

Botanical Name

Ocimum basillicum L.

Synonym

Rhododendron hypenanthum Balf. f.

Family

Labiateae

Local Name

Tulasi

English Name

French Basil (Linalool type)

Plant Description

Basil is an erect, pubescent herb reaching up to 1m in height. Leaves are petioled, ovate, acuminate, toothed, gland dotted beneath. Flowers are purplish white and borne in racemes. It mostly propagates by seeds. It is distributed throughout the warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and America. It is widely cultivated in eastern and central Nepal within the altitude of 300m to 1500m in open sunny places.

Extraction

French Basil Oil is extracted by steam distillation of semi-wilted flowering tops.

Uses

The oil is widely used as fragrance component in soaps, and in cosmetics and perfumery. It is also used to flavour food items. The oil is used in skin care (skin tonic, assists hair growth, adds luster to dull hair), muscular aches, normalize the menstrual cycle, colds and flu, nausea, anxiety, fatigue, insomnia, nervous tension, etc.

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FRENCH BASIL OIL

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