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Korean perilla
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Perilla frutescens.
Perilla frutescens, known as zisu (Chinese: 紫苏) in China, as Silam (Nepali: सिलाम) in Nepal, as deulkkae (Korean: 들깨) or Korean perilla in Korea, and as egoma (Japanese: エゴマ, 荏胡麻) in Japan, 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, Vietnam, Japan and India as a crop. A variety of this plant, P. frutescens var. crispa known as "shiso", is widely grown in Japan.