Perilla frutescens, an exotic oilseed plant with numerous health benefits, has high export potential as there is considerable global demand for the crop, especially in China, Korea and Japan, ...

Researchers in Japan have generated a high-quality genome assembly of red perilla (Perilla frutescens), a plant most often found in Asia and commonly known in Japan as Aka-Shiso and in Great Britain ...

Shiso is a Japanese herb that can add interest to your garden and to your recipes. Known botanically as Perilla frutescens var. crispa, several types grow well here in Hawaii, with slightly different ...

Perilla frutescens, a herbaceous plant native to East Asia, has increasingly garnered attention for its remarkable therapeutic potential. Renowned for its rich profile of phytochemicals—including ...

Looks aren't everything, but every now and then there's an edible plant that I grow only for the way it dresses up the garden. The herb Perilla frutescens is a case in point. It looks like purple ...

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Jagged little perilla Most of us associate the sharp, distinctive flavour of perilla frutescens with Japanese and Korean cuisines. The green or red leaves go by many names, including shiso, beefsteak ...

Perilla? Didn't he play third base for the Dodgers in the '60s? Nope. Perilla is a fabulously colorful foliage plant, a 2-foot to 4-foot-tall annual that resembles coleus, but has the added benefit of ...