The alias of Perilla

Perilla is an annual herb in Labiatae. The alias includes guieba, white perilla, red perilla, red perilla, black perilla, white perilla, Green Perilla, Su Ma, water cohosh, etc

Morphological characteristics of Perilla

Perilla is an annual upright herb with a stem height of 0.3-2 meters, green or purple, blunt four rhombic, and the stem is covered with long villi

The leaf is broad ovate or round, 7-13cm long and 4.5-10cm wide. The front end of the leaf is short pointed or pointed, the base is round or wide wedge-shaped, and the edge has coarse sawtooth. The color of the leaf is green or purple, or only purple below. There are sparse villi on the top of the leaf and adnexal villi below

Cymes 2-flowered, group 1.5-15 cm long, densely villous, terminal and axillary racemes biased to one side; Bracts broadly ovoid or suborbicular, ca. 4 mm long and wide, apex mucronate, covered with reddish brown glandular dots, glabrous, margin membranous; Pedicel 1.5 mm long, densely pilose

The nutlets are spherical, grayish brown, about 1.5mm in diameter, with reticular lines on them. The flowering period of Perilla is from August to November and the fruiting period is from August to December

Growth characteristics of Perilla

Perilla has strong growth adaptability and low requirements for the environment. It generally grows on well drained and fertile sandy soil, loam and clay loam, in front of and behind the house, beside the ditch