Lamiaceae
Korean perilla
Perilla frutescens
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Perilla
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- بريلة
- arz
- بريله
- Asturian
- Pería frutescens
- Azerbaijani
- Kolşəkilli perilla
- Burmese
- ချုံဝိုင်းပင်, ကင်ဆို့, ရုံး ပွေ
- Cantonese
- 紫蘇
- Chinese
- 紫苏, 紫蘇, 假紫苏, 兴帕夏噶, 叶为紫苏叶, 大紫苏, 头为紫苏头蔸, 子为紫苏子
- Croatian
- Crna kopriva
- Czech
- Perila křovitá
- English
- Korean perilla, Perilla, Beefsteakplant, Deulkkae
- Esperanto
- Duonligna periljo
- Finnish
- Veripeippi
- French
- Pérille, Shiso pourpre, Shiso vert
- Japanese
- エゴマ, 荏, 荏胡麻
- Korean
- 들깨
- Latin
- Melissa cretica, Melissa maxima, Mentha perilloides
- Lithuanian
- Krūminė perilė
- lzh
- 白蘇, 水荏, 荏子, 野荏
- mnc
- ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ
- Nepali
- सिलाम
- Persian
- شیسو
- Polish
- Pachnotka bazyliowata, Pachnotka krzewiasta, Pachnotka zwyczajna
- Russian
- Перилла кустарниковидная
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၸႃႉႁၢၼ်ႈ, ၽၵ်းၸႁၢၼ်ႈ, ၽၵ်းႁိၼ်ႉႁၢၼ်ႈ
- Slovenian
- Perila, Dšiso, Črna kopriva
- Swedish
- Bladmynta, Shiso
Synonyms
- Ocimum frutescens L.
- Perilla frutescens var. typica Makino
- Perilla ocymoides L.
- Perilla urticifolia Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.