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(First upload on November 30 2013. Last on September 11 2020) [ 日本語 | English ]

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Perilla L. (シソ)
var. crispa (Thunb.) H. Deane (シソ, s.l.)
Shiso (シソ, 紫蘇), beefsteak plant, Japanese basil, or Shiso
Lifeform: annual forb ≈ 1 m in height
Distribution: originally distributed in Himalaya, China, and Myanmar〔formerly Burma), introduced from China to Japan (ancient exotic)
Habitat: roadsides, open lands, etc., escaped from gardening and crop fields
Edible and medical

HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan (flora list)

Synonyms:

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudo
f. viridis (Makino) Makino (アオジソ)
f. crispa (Thunb.) Makino (チリメンジソ)
f. purpurea (Makino) Makino (アカジソ)

Use: leaf = vitamin supplementation

f. rosea (G. Nicholson) Kudo (マダラジソ)
cv. Discolor (カタメンジソ)
cv. Viridi-crispa (チリメンアオジソ)

var. frutescens (エゴマ)
索引

Perilla frutescens in Hokkaido


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f. purpurea [1-4] at a roadside, N10/W1, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 4 2013. [5] on an unpaved parking lot, N26/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on August 19 2016. [6] at a backyard of Takahara Restaurant on the foot of Mount Koma on September 7 2020.

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