Checklist of Plants of India

Perilla frutescens

Ocimum frutescens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 597. 1753, p.p.

Mentha perilloides Lam., Encycl. 4: 112. 1797; Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 83. 1800, p.p.

Perilla ocymoides L., Gen. Pl. ed. 6: 578. 1764.

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Cultivated also in many states.