Thulasi Plant - Talaa - An Alternation of Betel

Alternation of Betel Tala or Heen Tala
  • Tala leaves

  • Common Classification
    Common NamesTulasi
    Sinhala NameTala, Heen Tala,
    Scientific Classification
    FamilyLamiaceae
    GenusOcimum
    Scientific NameOcimum ovatum
    SynonymOcimum hassleri var. obtusifolium
    Ecology
    CategoryWeed-Herb-Ornamental-Wild
    Growth HabitSmall-Shrub
    DurationPerennial
    OriginIndigenous
    StatusNatural
    Property
    Culinary / EdibleYes
    Use as HerbYes
    Other UseNo
    Poisoned / ToxinNo
    SLF 0000
Tala or Heen Tala plant commonly called in English as 'Tulsi' is a native plant to Sri Lanka. Also it is native to India and South America. Tala plant or Ocimum ovatum is a species of genus Ocimum in family Lamiaceae, closely related to Ocimum americanum also called Sinhalese is Tala or Sudu Tala that species of same genus Ocimum. The people often confuse with species in the Ocimum genus which are Ocimum americanum, Ocimum gratissimum, and Ocimum tenuiflorum and  all of them are miss applied and cultivate as a "Tulsi" Plant or Holy Basil, which is a sacred plant native to India .
The Tala or Ocimum ovatum plant commonly found grass lands, edge of paddy field, or road side ways in dry zone in Sri Lanka as a weed and occasionally found on some areas of wet zone in low country as a naturally or cultivated plant. The plant grow as shrub up about to 1 meter in height. It is a herbal plant and people of inland in dry zone are widely used as an alternation of betel for betel quid.

Tala - Ocimum ovatum

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