Plant Details

Accepted name:: Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Perilla frutescens var. hirtella (Nakai) Makino

Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Thunb.) H.Deane

Perilla frutescens var. frutescens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baisuzi	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
ban-tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bangiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banjiraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
beefsteak	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beefsteak mint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beefsteak plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beefsteak-mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beefsteakplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
bhangira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhangiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhangjeera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhanjeer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhanjira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhasindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bladmynta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bái sū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái sū yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái zǐ sū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
caulis perillae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
chòu sū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
folium perillae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
fructus perillae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
green shiso	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiā sū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
koapen	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kuei jen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mint perilla	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
namche	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nán sū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pai su	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pasibahesi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
perilla	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
perilla fruit	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
perilla leaf	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
perilla stem	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
perilla-mint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
perillae caulis	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
perillae folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
perillae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
purple mint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purple perilla	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
périlla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sansakun	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
schwarznessel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shiso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shān zǐ sū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
silam	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sweet basil	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tangnam	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tasibahesi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
taze -su	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
timing	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsu su	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tsu-tzu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tzu su	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tía tô	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
wild coleus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yegoma oil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zi su	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zi su geng	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zi su ye	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zi su zi	Other	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zi zu zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zih su geng	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zih su ye	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zih su zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zisu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
zisugeng	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
zisuye	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
zisuzi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
南苏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
家苏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山紫苏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
片面紫蘇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白紫苏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白紫蘇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白苏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白苏叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白苏子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
白苏子油	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白苏梗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白蘇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紫苏	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫苏叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
紫苏子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
紫苏梗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫菜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紫蘇子	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
紫蘇梗	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
紫蘇葉	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
臭苏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荏	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蘇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蘇葉	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
stem	dried stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, flowering tops, aerial parts, inflorescence	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
whole plant except the roots, leaves, branches, fruit		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
stem, leaf, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Leaf, seed		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
stem	dried stem	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
stem		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ocimum frutescens L. Sp. Pl.: 597 (1753).
Perilla frutescens var. typica Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 7 (1926), not validly publ.
Perilla ocymoides L. Gen. Pl., ed. 6.: 578 (1764), nom. superfl.
Mentha perilloides L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 736 (1767), nom. superfl.
Perilla urticifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 80 (1796), nom. superfl.
Pogostemon perilloides Mansf. Kulturpflanze, Beih. 2: 376 (1959).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ocimum frutescens L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla frutescens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. var. typica Makino	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Perilla frutescens (Linn.) Britton.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Perilla frutescens (Linnaeus) Britton	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Perilla ocymoides	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Perilla ocymoides L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Perpilla frutescens (L.) Britt.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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