Studio : HawaiiPharm Publisher : HawaiiPharm Binding : Health and Beauty Product Description Green tea (Camellia sinensis) is native to East, South and Southeast Asia, but it is today cultivated across the world in tropical and subtropical regions. Green tea is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below 2 m when cultivated for its leaves. It has a strong taproot. The flowers are yellow-white, 2.5?4 cm in diameter, with 7 to 8 petals. The seeds of Camellia sinensis and can be pressed to yield tea oil, a sweetish seasoning and cooking oil. The leaves are 4?15 cm long and 2?5 cm broad. Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) is an aromatic plant in the family Lamiaceae which is native throughout the Eastern World tropics and widespread as a cultivated plant and an escaped weed. It is an erect, much branched subshrub, 30?60 cm tall with hairy stems and simple, opposite, green leaves that are strongly scented. Leaves have petioles, and are ovate, up to 5 cm long, usually slightly toothed. The flowers are purplish in elongate racemes in close whorls. 0
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