What exactly are the growth advantages of perilla?

Other names for perilla

Perilla is an annual herbaceous plant in the Lamiaceae family (mint family). Its other names include Guiren, white perilla, red perilla, black perilla, white perilla, green perilla, suma, watershengma, and others.

Morphological characteristics of perilla

Perilla is an annual upright herbaceous plant. The stem height is 0.3-2 m, green or purple, obtusely four-angled, and the stem is 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 leaf tip, a round or broadly wedge-shaped base, and coarsely serrated edges. The leaf color is green or purple, or only the underside is purple. The upper surface of the leaf has sparse fine hairs, and the underside 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; 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 a membranous margin; 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 flowers from August to November and fruits from August to December.

Growth characteristics of perilla

Perilla has strong growth adaptability and does not have high environmental requirements. It generally grows in well-drained, fertile sandy loam, loam, and clay loam, in front of and behind houses, and along ditches and field edges.