Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. frutescens GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Perilla

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Elsholtzieae

Nomen number:

450233

Verified:

04/19/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton (0 active accession[s])
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa (Thunb.) W. Deane (0 active accession[s])
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. hirtella (Nakai) Makino (0 active accession[s])
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. purpurascens (Hayata) H. W. Li (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Ocimum frutescens L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

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Reference(s)

Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Japanese Rōmaji
egoma –
Transcribed Chinese
zi su –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa
2	Cultivated					widely cult.
4	Naturalized					widely natzd.
6	Other					exact native range obscure

Native
Asia-Tropical

Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Other (exact native range obscure)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Food additives	flavoring		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Materials	lipids	source of perilla oil	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).