Plant Details

Accepted name:: Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Thunb.) H.Deane [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton
Infraspecies:: 2

Perilla frutescens var. hirtella (Nakai) Makino

Perilla frutescens var. frutescens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acute common perilla	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
folium perillae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
perilla herb	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
perilla leaf	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
perilla seed	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
perillae folium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
perillae herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
perillae semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
purple common perilla	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rayan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
zi su ye	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
zǐsū	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
ソヨウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
紫苏	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
紫苏叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫苏子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫苏梗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫苏苞	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫蘇	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
苏头	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	dried leaf	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
leaves, tips of branches		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Leaves, stems, fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
leaf, twig	leaf, twig	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
leaf and twig		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
leaf, tip of branches		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
leaf, twig		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Perilla crispa (Thunb.) Tanaka Bull. Sci. Hort. Inst. Kyushu Imp. Univ. 1: 204 (1925).
Perilla frutescens var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudô Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2(1): 74 (1929).
Perilla frutescens var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 13: 351 (1939).
Perilla nankinensis (Lour.) Decne. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 1: 61 (1852).
Perilla ocymoides var. crispa (Thunb.) Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 164 (1848).
Acinos sido Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 32 (1830), nom. superfl.
Dentidia nankinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 869 (1790).
Dentidia purpurascens Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 135 (1806).
Dentidia purpurea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 466 (1812).
Ocimum acutum Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Nat., ed. 14.: 546 (1784).
Ocimum crispum Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 546 (1784).
Perilla acuta (Thunb.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 474 (1928).
Perilla arguta Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 164 (1848).
Perilla frutescens f. crispa (Thunb.) Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 7 (1926).
Perilla frutescens f. crispidiscolor Makino J. Jap. Bot. 7: 7 (1931).
Perilla frutescens var. nankinensis (Lour.) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 277 (1894).
Perilla frutescens f. rosea (G.Nicholson) Kudô Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 73 (1929).
Perilla frutescens f. viridis (Makino) Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 7 (1926).
Perilla ocymoides f. purpurea Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 78 (1912).
Perilla ocymoides var. rosea G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard., Cent. Suppl.: 580 (1901).
Perilla ocymoides f. viridicrispa Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 180 (1914).
Perilla ocymoides f. viridis Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 78 (1912).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ferilla frutescens Britton var. crispa Decaisne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Perilla crispa Tanaka	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. Var. Crispa (Thunb.) Hand.- Mazz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. Var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. Var. crispa (Thumb.) Hand.-Mand.-Mazz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudo	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. var. crispa (Thunb.) Hand. Mazz	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. var. crispa (Thunb.) Hand.-Mazz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudo	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa (Bentham) Deane ex Bailey	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa W. Deane	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
Perilla frutescens Britton var. acuta Kudo	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Perilla frutescens Britton var. crispa Decaisne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Perilla frutescens Britton var. crispa Decne.	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Perilla frutescens Britton var. crispa W.Deane	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Perilla frutescens L.Britton var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudo	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Thunb.) H.Deane	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Perilla furtescens (L.) Britt. Var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Perilla nankinensis Decne.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla ocymoides L. var. crispa Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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