The stem of Perilla frutescens is 0.3-2 meters high, green or purple, obtuse quadrangular, with four grooves and densely villous. The leaves are ovate or round in width, 7- 13 cm long and 4.5- 10 cm wide, with short or sharp apex and 7-8 pairs of lateral veins, and the lower ones are slightly dense and obliquely ascending; Petiole is 3-5 cm long, with flat dorsal abdomen and densely villous.
2-flowered cymes, forming terminal and axillary racemes, long 1.5- 15 cm, densely villous, leaning to one side; Bracts are broadly ovoid or suborbicular, about 4 mm long and wide, with mucky apex, reddish-brown glandular spots outside, glabrous and membranous edges; Pedicel long.
Perilla species
1, wild perilla frutescens
This variety is different from the original variety, with small calyx, 4-5.5 mm long, puberulent lower part and glandular points; Stem short, sparsely pilose; The leaves are small, oval, 4.5-7.5 cm long and 2.8-5 cm wide, and both sides are pubescent; Nutlets are small and khaki, with a diameter of1-1.5mm. ..
2. Auricle of Perilla frutescens var. Perilla
This variety is very similar to wild perilla, but the difference is that the leaf base is round or heart-shaped, and the ear teeth are missing. Stamens protrude slightly from corolla. Produced in China, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guizhou, born in hillside roadside or forest.
Step 3 Return to Perilla frutescens
This variety is different from the original variety, and its leaves have narrow and deep serrations, often purple; Fruit calyx is smaller. Cultivated all over China, it is used as medicine and perfume.
4. Perilla microphylla
Perilla frutescens is also called Perilla frutescens, gold earrings, five-color grass, Perilla frutescens, money cannon and so on. Wild grows all over the world, and it is born in streams, roadsides, wilderness, valleys, Shan Ye, grass or forests beside fields. It is planted in gardens all over China for viewing.