Basil (Thalictrum) ndi tsinde losatha la banja la Butterice, lokhalokha m'madera osiyanasiyana, lomwe limaphatikizapo mitundu yoposa 145 ya zomera. Malo obadwirako ali ndi China. M'dziko lathu, basil imakula m'chilengedwe cha Middle Belt ndi Siberia, ku Far East, ndipo pamene kulima imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati munda wokongola ndi duwa la mankhwala.
