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

Variety

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Characteristics

An annual herb. It has an aroma. It grows 30-100 cm high. The young growth is softly hairy. The leaves are crinkled and purple-green. The stems are 3-4 sided. The leaves are broadly oval and 4-12 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. There are teeth on the lower half of the leaf. The flowers are pink or white. They are in loose groups in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches.
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Leaves narrowly serrate, purple.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is native to central and southern China.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses essential oil medicinal
Edible flowers fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Apertif (unspecified), Bronchosis (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Spice (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 5 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Perilla frutescens var. crispa unspecified picture

Distribution

Perilla frutescens var. crispa world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927394-1
WFO ID wfo-0000267286
COL ID 5QLLQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Perilla acuta Perilla arguta Dentidia nankinensis Dentidia purpurascens Dentidia purpurea Perilla frutescens f. crispa Ocimum acutum Ocimum crispum Perilla nankinensis Acinos siso Perilla frutescens var. crispa Perilla frutescens var. nankinensis Perilla frutescens var. arguta Perilla frutescens var. acuta Perilla ocymoides var. crispa Perilla crispa Perilla frutescens f. crispidiscolor