Editing Basil (section)

=== Similar species ===
Some similar species in the same genus may be commonly called "basil", although they are not varieties of ''Ocimum basilicum''.
* Camphor basil, African basil (''[[Ocimum kilimandscharicum|O. kilimandscharicum]]'')
* Clove basil, also African basil (''[[Ocimum gratissimum]]'')<ref name="tgte">{{Cite journal |last1=Fandohan |first1=P. |last2=Gnonlonfin |first2=B |last3=Laleye |first3=A |last4=Gbenou |first4=JD |last5=Darboux |first5=R |last6=Moudachirou |first6=M |display-authors=etal |date=2008 |title=Toxicity and gastric tolerance of essential oils from Cymbopogon citratus, Ocimum gratissimum and Ocimum basilicum in Wistar rats |journal=[[Food and Chemical Toxicology]] |volume=46 |issue=7 |pages=2493–2497 |doi=10.1016/j.fct.2008.04.006 |pmid=18511170}}</ref><ref name="aaeo">{{Cite journal |last1=Pessoa |first1=L. M. |last2=Morais |first2=SM |last3=Bevilaqua |first3=CM |last4=Luciano |first4=JH |date=2002 |title=Anthelmintic activity of essential oil of ''Ocimum gratissimum'' Linn. and eugenol against ''Haemonchus contortus'' |journal=[[Veterinary Parasitology (journal)|Veterinary Parasitology]] |volume=109 |issue=1–2 |pages=59–63 |doi=10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00253-4 |pmid=12383625}}</ref>
* [[Holy basil]] (''[[Ocimum tenuiflorum]]'', formerly known as ''O. sanctum'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2012 |title=''Ocimum tenuiflorum'' L., Synonyms |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-137105 |access-date=28 November 2019 |publisher=The Plant List, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Gardens}}</ref>