Plant Details

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

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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
perilla leaf	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
perilla seed	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
perillae folium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
perillae herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
perillae semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
purple common perilla	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rayan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
shiso	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shisso	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
si-yap	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tse see	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tse soo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tse su	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tsz so	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
zi su ye	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
zǐsū	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
ソヨウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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 Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Leaves, stems, fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
leaf, twig	leaf, twig	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
leaf, twig		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
leaf, tip of branches		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
leaf, twig		Korean Pharmacop., 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 Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 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.) Decne.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Perilla frutescens Britton var. crispa Decaisne	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Perilla frutescens Britton var. crispa Decne.	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Perilla frutescens Britton var. crispa W.Deane	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Perilla frutescens L.Britton var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudo	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Perilla frutescens var. acuta	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Thunb.) H.Deane	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Perilla furtescens (L.) Britt. Var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Perilla nankinensis DECNE.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Perilla nankinensis Decne.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Perilla ocymoides L. var. crispa Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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