The basil leaf is commonly known as the nine-layer pagoda leaf.

Basil leaves (also known as nine-layer pagoda leaves, also known as fish aromatic vegetables), wild or cultivated, distributed in tropical Asia. China's Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan and other places are wild. Prefer to be born in well-drained soil. Harvested 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. Flowering period July to September.

Basil planting tips

Planting basil to choose seed full, no pests and diseases of the seed, in April each year will be wrapped in gauze, then put the seeds in warm water for 10 minutes, and then take out and covered with a wet towel, placed in a warm environment of 25 degrees, cleaned once a day until the seeds show white.

Sowing planting basil should be carried out in April-May each year, in the field dug out rows spaced 30 centimeters from a shallow ditch, and then evenly sown in the shallow ditch, covered with a layer of thin soil, watering can be, pay attention to the acre of land can only be used a maximum of 0.6 pounds of seed, so as to avoid planting too dense.