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Posted: 21 Aug 2021

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Thai Basel / Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Thai Basel / Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Thai basil is a type of basil that originates in Southeast Asia. It's got a stronger flavor than that of it's sweet basil cousin with more of an anise flavor. You can usually find Thai basil at a well-stocked grocery store or your local International or Asian market or grocery store.

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 Denis Croissant
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Wow! you're lucky to have this in your garden Dinesh
3 years ago.
 Dinesh
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The essential oils of ‘Ocimum basilicum’ (basil) are insecticidal compounds that evolved as a defense against insects. Human foragers would have moved through the woods nibbling the tip of a leaf here, and another tip there, and harvesting those plants that appealed to their palate. Palatable plants were therefore less likely to set seed. Appeal to the human palate was maladaptation, not a purpose of wild basil, but the situation reversed immediately when foragers started collecting seeds from flavourful and fragrant plants and cultivating them. Now flavor was the reason for being planted. Seeds from less palatable plants were less likely to be planted and less likely to be protected from insects by gardeners. Seeds from plants that tasted good were more likely t be preserved. Appeal to the human palate had become ‘reason for the existence’ of the basil plants. ` Page 275

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