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I-Basil (i-Ocimum basilicum) isitshalo esinephunga elimnandi esisetshenziswa kakhulu ekuphekeni nasekwelashweni kwendabuko. Iyilungu lomndeni weminti futhi idabuka ezindaweni ezishisayo emaphakathi ne-Afrika naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. I-Basil yaziwa ngephunga layo elihlukile kanye ne-flavour, esetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa ukunambitheka kwezitsha eziningi.
I-Basil inomlando omude wokusetshenziswa kwezokwelapha zendabuko. Kuyaziwa ukuthi inezinto zokulwa nokuvuvukala, i-antimicrobial, kanye ne-antioxidant, engasiza ukuvikela ezifweni ezingapheli. Umuthi nawo ungumthombo omuhle wamavithamini A no-C, i-calcium, insimbi, ne-potassium.
Ukuthuthukiswa kokutshalwa kwe-basil kulethe izinzuzo eziningi, kuhlanganise nokwanda kokutholakala kwe-basil entsha kanye nezicelo ezintsha zokupheka. Ngokukhula kwezingadi zasemadolobheni kanye ne-hydroponics, i-basil ekhulayo ekhaya isifinyeleleke kakhulu kunangaphambili. Ukwengeza, ukuthuthukiswa kwezithako ze-basil kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukusizakala ngezinzuzo zezempilo zekhambi ngendlela egxilile.
Ukuthandwa okwandayo kwe-basil nakho kuye kwaholela ekukhathazekeni kwemvelo. Isidingo esikhulu somuthi siholele ekuvuneni ngokweqile nasekugawulweni kwamahlathi kwezinye izifunda. Lokhu kuye kwaholela emizamweni yokukhuthaza izindlela zokulima ezisimeme kanye nokuvikela izindawo zemvelo lapho i-basil ikhula khona.
Ekugcineni, i-basil iyikhambi elihlukahlukene elinezinzuzo eziningi zokupheka kanye nempilo. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo kabanzi kuye kwaholela emiphumeleni emihle nemibi, okwenza kube semqoka ukukhuthaza izindlela zokulima ezisimeme kanye nokufundisa abathengi ngezinzuzo nezingozi zokusetshenziswa kwe-basil.