genus PERILLA
perennial herbs
Seeds and leaves are eaten.
Stimulates interferon
Leaves 90 degrees rotate
leaves aromic
Each leaf is toothed
Seed oil:
Main oil is perillaldehyde.
Perilla oil valued for tast, cooking, and eating
Perilla oil used in paints, varnishes, linoleum, printing ink, lacquers, and waterproofing .
Another oil oxime (of perillaldehyde ((perillartin)) is used as an artificial sweetener (2000 times sweeter than sucrose).
species Perilla.frutescens.(var japonica or shiso)
Beefsteakplant
species Perilla.frutescens.(var magilla)
var hybrid magilla introduced about 2000ad
