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Perilla Forms: Leaves, Color and Plant Labels

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Perilla forms differ in leaf shape and color. Compare established leaves and documented names before treating a color change as a new variety.

Wild purple

Learned for Perilla Frutescens (L.) Britton Var.acuta (Odash.) Kudô.

The difference between wild Ziwu and Ziwu is that the wild purple fruit is less than 4-5.5 mm, and there is a sparse sparse, and there is a short-snap of hair.

The blade is relatively small, oval, length 4.5-7.5 cm, width, 2.5 cm wide, there are silent hair on the upper and lower sides of the blade, small nuts are relatively small, the soil yellow, the diameter is 1-1.5 mm.

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Ear teeth varies of purple Soviet

Learn Perilla Frutescens (L.) Britton Var.auriculatodentatac. Y. Wu & Hsuan EX H. W. LI.

This variety is very similar to wild purple, and the difference is that the Ye Chi is circular or a few moods, and there is a lack of ear and the stamens extends slightly in the corolla.

From Zhejiang, China, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guizhou, is born in the mountainside or forest.

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Back to Su

Learned for Perilla Frutescens (L.) Britton Var.crispa (Thunb.) Hand.-Mazz.

The difference between Sui and Ziwu is that there is a narrow and deep sawtooth on the leaves, often purple, and the fruit is relatively small.

All parts of China have cultivated, used in medicine or as a spice.

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Related reading: Perilla Care: Sowing, Light and Container Growth.