- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus:
- Perilla L.
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton

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Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009
- Note
- A native of the Himalaya, China and Indo-China, widely cultivated as an ornamental (purple form) and as a culinary and medicinal herb No specimens seen.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb, green or purple, 0.3–1.5 m tall
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to rotund, 50–130 × 30–100 mm, deeply toothed, laciniate or crisped
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of lax one-sided raceme-like thyrses with verticils 2-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, 3 mm long in flower, accrescent to 11 mm long in fruit, 2-lipped with posterior lip 3-toothed, anterior 2-toothed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 3–4 mm long, very weakly 2-lipped with 5 equal lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, divergent.
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Alabama, Arkansas, Cambodia, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Romania, South Carolina, South European Russi, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2012 | Chanet [s.n.], China | K000735943 | No | ||
Bretschneider, E.V. [577] | K000929616 | Yes | |||
Forrest, G. [7871], China | K000929612 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Komarov, V.L. [1363], China | K000929613 | Yes | |||
Carles, W.R. [733], China | K000929617 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Furuse, M. [9808], Japan | K000509315 | Yes | |||
Bourne, F.S.A. [2], China | K000929615 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Terao, H. [1212], Japan | K000509314 | Yes | |||
Ce-ming, T. [95859], China | K000509316 | Yes | |||
Bohnhof, M.H. [207], Manchuria | K000929614 | Yes |
First published in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 277 (1894)
Accepted by
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Charkevicz, S.S. (ed.) (1995). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 7: 1-394. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
- Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
- Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Charkevicz, S.S. (ed.) (1995). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 7: 1-394. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
- Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
- Marhold, K. (ed.) (2012). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 14. Taxon 61: 1336-1345.
- Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Jex-Blake, Gard. E. Afr., ed. 4: 267 (1957)
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