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Perilla
Perilla is a genus consisting of one major Asiatic crop species Perilla frutescens and a few wild species in nature belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus encompasses several distinct varieties of Asian herb, seed, and vegetable crop, including P. frutescens (deulkkae) and P. frutescens var. crispa (shiso). The genus name Perilla is also a frequently employed common name ("perilla"), applicable to all varieties. Perilla varieties are cross-fertile and intra-specific hybridization occurs naturally. Some varieties...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.124
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.125
![Perilla in 農業全書 11巻. [4]](https://images.sourcelibrary.org/gallery/69e787bd4a6785cfd60cd26d/69e787bd4a6785cfd60cd285-0.jpg?v=1780588879782)
農業全書 11巻. [4]
Miyazaki Yasusada · 1697 · p.24
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 22)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.132
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.56
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.53
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.847
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119137.