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Melissa cretica
About
Perilla frutescens, known as deulkkae or Korean perilla in Korea, as egoma in Japan, and as zisu in China, is a species of Perilla in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is an annual plant native to Southeast Asia and Indian highlands, and is traditionally grown in the Korean peninsula, southern China, Japan and India as a crop. A variety of this plant, P. frutescens var. crispa known as "shiso", is widely grown in Japan.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Melissa cretica
- Slug
- melissa-cretica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Melissa
- Species
- cretica
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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