The Basil Leaves in Pizza are the leaves of basil. Basil leaves, also known as fish parsley, are distributed in tropical Asia. China's Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan and other places are wild. Prefer to be born in well-drained soil. Collected in September, remove sediment, wash, cut, dry. It can also be used fresh. Use part of the aboveground part of the labiatae plant basil.

The basil leaves perennial erect herb, the whole plant is fragrant. Stem four-angled, the upper multi-branched, purple-green, pilose. Leaves opposite, leaf blade ovate, apex pointed, margin serrate or entire, glandular dots below the leaf. Verticillasters terminal, with ca. 6 flowers per whorl, rachis long and pilose, corolla light red. Nutlets ovate, dark brown.

Basil leaves are more suitable for planting in pots, because of its bright bright emerald green and special aromatic scent is very popular, the flowers are mostly clustered, the whole plant grows close to the ground, the number of flowers is very large, forming very small clusters of flowers, the color of the flowers from rose to white, and the dark green color of the leaves to form a stark contrast, and is mostly used as a gardening plant.