1, basil leaves leaves than mint leaves are much larger, dark green, while the mint leaves are generally light green;

2, smell, basil leaves taste smell bad, while the mint leaves have a cool aroma;

3, eating method is different, basil leaves can be used to cook or soup, mint leaves are generally used to make water to drink.

The basil leaves (also known as the nine layer tower leaves, also called fish coriander), wild or cultivated, distributed in tropical Asia. China's Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan and other places are wild. Mentha piperita, local name "silver Dan grass", common name: Elsholtzia herb, fish incense grass, earth mint, water mint, elder grass, water mother, see swelling elimination, wild Rendan grass, nightshade, south mint, wild mint. It is a plant of the family Labiatae, i.e. other dried whole herbs of the same genus.