What are the other names for perilla? Let us introduce you to its other names

The alternative names of perilla

Perilla is an annual herbaceous plant in the Lamiaceae family. Its alternative names include Guiren, white perilla, red perilla, red perilla, black perilla, white perilla, green perilla, suma, and waterside bugleweed, among others.

The morphological characteristics of perilla

Perilla is an annual upright herbaceous plant, with stems 0.3-2 m tall, green or purple, bluntly four-angled, and the stem covered with long fine hairs.

The leaves are broadly ovate or round, 7-13 cm long and 4.5-10 cm wide, with a short-pointed or abruptly pointed tip, a rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base, and coarsely serrated edges. The leaf color is green or purple, or purple only on the underside. The upper surface of the leaves has sparse fine hairs, while the lower surface has appressed fine hairs.

The verticillasters have 2 flowers, forming terminal and axillary racemes 1.5-15 cm long, densely covered with long soft hairs and one side; the bracts are broadly ovate or nearly round, about 4 mm long and wide, with a short point at the tip, covered outside with reddish-brown glandular dots, hairless, with membranous edges; the pedicels are 1.5 mm long and densely covered with soft hairs.

The nutlets are spherical, grayish-brown, about 1.5 mm in diameter, with a reticulate pattern on the surface. Perilla blooms from August to November and fruits from August to December.

The growth characteristics of perilla

Perilla has strong growth adaptability and does not demand much from the environment. It generally grows in well-drained, fertile sandy loam, loam, and clay loam, around houses, and along ditches and field edges.