NCCWDB

Perilla frutescens / Perilla / 紫苏

  • Introduction
    Perilla frutescens is an annual plant growing 60–90 cm tall, with stalks which are hairy and square.The leaves are opposite, 7–12 cm long and 5–8 cm wide, with a broad oval shape,The flowers bloom on racemes at the end of branches and the main stalk in late summer.The fruit is a schizocarp, 2 mm in diameter, and with reticulate pattern on the outside.
  • Common name: / Perilla / 紫苏
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Lamiales; Lamiaceae; Nepetoideae; Elsholtzieae; Perilla

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