Perilla arguta
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Culinary herbfaq: single herbs.
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Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt.
Engl.: beefsteakplant, common perilla, green-leaved perilla, shiso, wild perilla.
Deu.: Grünes Shiso.
Sven.: bladmynta, kinesisk bladmynta, shiso.
Suom.: veripeippi, shiso.
Jap.: ao shiso.
Bot. syn.: Melissa cretica Lour., Melissa maxima Ard., Mentha perilloides Lam., Ocimum frutescens L., Perilla arguta Benth., Perilla avium Dunn, Perilla ocymoides L., Perilla urticaefolia Salisb.
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