| English | basil | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | sweet basil | | | 1 | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
| Arabic | reihan | | | 2 | Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. |
| French | basilic | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
| German | Basilienkraut | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
| German | Basilikum | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
| Italian | basilico | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
| Japanese Rōmaji | me-bōki | | | 2 | Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. |
| Portuguese | alfavaca | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese | manjericão | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | albahaca | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
| Swedish | basilika | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | luo le | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |