I sit in a small clay pot at the centre of every Indian courtyard.
Folk medicine swears by my leaves.
I am sacred to one of the Hindu gods.
What am I?

Q: I sit in a small clay pot at the centre of every Indian courtyard. Folk medicine swears by my leaves. I am sacred to one of the Hindu gods. What am I?

Tulsi (holy basil).. Half plant, half deity. Every south-Indian house with a courtyard has one — a tiny green altar to Vishnu, doubling as cough medicine.

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Tulsi (holy basil). — Half plant, half deity. Every south-Indian house with a courtyard has one — a tiny green altar to Vishnu, doubling as cough medicine.