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Mentha × gracilis (syn. Mentha × gentilis L.; syn. Mentha cardiaca (S.F. Gray) Bak.) is a hybrid mint species within the genus Mentha, a sterile hybrid between Mentha arvensis (cornmint) and Mentha spicata (native spearmint). It is cultivated for its essential oil, used to flavour spearmint chewing gum. [1]
This article is a list of diseases of mint (Mentha piperita, M. cardiaca, M. spicata and M. arvensis). Fungal diseases. Fungal diseases; Anthracnose Sphaceloma menthae.
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Mentha arvensis, the corn mint, field mint, or wild mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It has a circumboreal distribution, being native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia , east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia , and North America .
Mentha. Genera See text Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. [1] [2] It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, bee balm and thyme.
Mentha longifolia var. asiatica is known by the common name Asian mint. [2] It is a variety of the mint species Mentha longifolia . It has also been treated as the separate species, Mentha asiatica and Mentha vagans .
Mentha gattefossei is a plant species in the genus Mentha, endemic to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It was first described by French botanist René Maire in 1922. [ 2 ] Harvested for its essential oil , M. gattefossei has seen use in traditional medicine , pest control and as a food seasoning.
Mentha alaica has been used in various formulations in Traditional Chinese Medicine. [8] As an ingredient within this tradition, it is believed to "dispel pathogenic heat and wind." [9] Under the common name Hortelã, M. alaica was reported used as an herbal medicine in Brazil to treat nausea, as well as digestive and kidney problems. [10]