The plant tastes somewhat like anise, with a strong, pungent, sweet smell. Basil is very sensitive to cold. It is best grown in hot, dry conditions. While most common varieties are treated as annuals, some are perennial, including African Blue and Holy Thai basil
Sticky Wild Basil is a subshrub, growing from a woody base. Branchlets are finely velvet-hairy, 4-angled, becoming round later. Leaves are decussate, elliptic to nearly round, up to 2 x 1.5 cm, densely velvet-hairy below, base flat, margin rounded toothed, tip blunt; leaf-stalk to 1 cm.
Flowers are borne in whorls of 6, on a 3-chotomous raceme at branch ends.
Plant Specifications
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
| Common Name | Sweet basil tulsi |
| Maximum Reachable Height | 8 to 18 feet |
| Flower Colour | Yellow to reddish |
| Bloom Time | Dry climate to bloom |
| Difficulty Level | Easy, Moderately easy |
