title: Perilla (disambiguation)
text: # Perilla (disambiguation)
  
  Perilla may refer to any of the following subjects:
  
  ## Animals
  
  * Perilla - a spider genus with the sole species Perilla teres
  
  ## Plants and plant products
  
  * Perilla - a genus of plants of the mint family
     * Perilla frutescens (deulkkae), a plant used in Korean cuisine
     * Perilla frutescens var. crispa (shiso), a plant used in Japanese cuisine
  * Perilla oil - oil from the seeds of deulkkae
  * perilla sugar - perillartine, a sweetener
  
  ## People
  
  * Perilla – pet name of Caecilia Metella (daughter of Metellus Celer), given by her lover Ticida
  * Perilla (in Ovid) – a (possibly fictional) young Roman poetess addressed in a letter by Ovid
  
  ## Places
  
  * Perilla de Castro - a municipality located in Spain
  * Perilla Mountains - a mountain range in Cochise County, Arizona
  * Perilla (restaurant) - a New York City based restaurant owned by Harold Dieterle
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * perilla aldehyde - perillaldehyde, a flavoring
  * Perilla ketone - a natural terpenoid
  