I have been living in my compound for there years now and I met this scent leaf plant in the compound, it's right in front of my apartment entrance, beside my kitchen wall exactly, when it's dry season and rain seems not falling for a while, the plant would get weak and it would dry, it won't have a single leaf on it and termite would come and eat the remaining ones on it. Last two years, I thought it would dry completely as I saw the termites eating the remaining leafs, plant dried because no one have time to wet it with water but fortunately, it survived after it received some days water from me.
When it come back to life
Before now, I don't water the plant because I don't really know it's essence, what I noticed is that when our Gardner clears the weed, it leave it so I thought he really have special interest in the plant, I don't know it's medicinal until I came to realise it's always in the food that I eat, it's vegetable and very useful for human.
Last year, my boss wife brought some leafs and kept it in her fridges at their dinning space, when I opened the fridge, it smelled familiar, just like something that I persif every day, the smell is not bad, so good, so I asked her what the leaf is meant for and the essence, then she made me understand that it's what I eat in the meal that she prepares everyday and this made me too do some research about it then I discovered that it's very useful. Scent leaf, is known as Ocimum gratissimum, it's cherished for both its flavor and recuperating control.
When it dries
In numerous African homes, it's utilized to zest up suppers, including a wealthy smell and taste. Past cooking, fragrance leaf serves as normal pharmaceutical — treating hacks, stomach issues, and skin contaminations. Its antibacterial and antifungal properties make it exceedingly esteemed. Numerous moreover brew it into tea to help assimilation and clear poisons. The alleviating scent of fragrance leaf calms the intellect and revives the soul. Genuinely, the quintessence of fragrance leaf lies in its capacity to feed, mend, and bring consolation actually.
I don't usually cook but when I cook, I cook with enough scent leaf ever since I've discovered it's usefulness.