Editing Basil (section)

=== Cultivars ===
[[File:Prem Tinsulanonda International School garden.jpg|thumb|Thai basil growing at a school in Thailand]]
Most basils are cultivars of sweet basil. Most basil varieties have green leaves, but a few are purple, such as, 'Purple Delight'.
* [[Anise basil]], [[Licorice basil]], or [[Persian basil]] (''O. basilicum'' 'Liquorice')
* [[Cinnamon basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum'' 'Cinnamon')
* [[Dark opal basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum'' 'Dark Opal')
* [[Genovese basil]] or Sweet Basil (''Ocimum basilicum'')
* [[Greek basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum var. minimum'')
* [[Spicy globe basil|Globe basil]], dwarf basil, French basil (''Ocimum basilicum'' 'Minimum')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ocimum minimum information from NPGS/GRIN |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?70463 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161135/http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?70463 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |website=ars-grin.gov}}</ref>
* [[Lettuce leaf basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum'' 'Crispum')
* [[Naples|Napolitano]] basil, also known as Napoletano basil, Neapolitan basil, [[Mammoth basil]], Bolloso Napoletano basil, Napolitano Mammoth-Leafed basil, or Italian Large-Leaf basil (''Ocimum basilicum'')
* Purple basil (''Ocimum basilicum'' 'Purpurescens')
* [[Red rubin basil|Rubin basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum'' 'Rubin')
* [[Thai basil]] (''Ocimum basilicum thyrsifolium'')