HABITS : Spear basil leaves for food . Heat and strong , vigorous growth at elevated temperatures , more resistant to drought, pests and diseases less easy cultivation. Height 20-80 cm , stem section four prism , multi-branched, whole plant with sparse hair, opposite, oval to oblong , margin irregular shallow teeth. Basil is lip Keluo Le genus basil Ocimum basilicum L. [ var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth. ] , also known as basil, gas vanilla , low bran , guaiac , light and the like. In the whole plant medicine . Warm ignorant Sim. There Shufeng qi , dampness digestion, blood circulation, detoxification function. For exogenous headache , flatulence food stagnation , abdominal pain , diarrhea , irregular menstruation , bruises, Snake bites , skin eczema , urticaria itching embolism treatment. Cultivation: Select rich in organic matter , loose, fertile , well-drained land cultivation. Generally use the open field cultivation , it is not strictly required for the previous crop . Basil seed breeding, can live in the open field in the frost-free period can also be transplanting seedlings , seedling age 30 days , with 250-300 species per acre planted 33-50 cm spacing , spacing 33 cm , height 7- live by 8 cm between when to pull the market, the general height 20 cm above the young shoots begin picking the listing , then harvested once every 15 days or so .