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An example of mint leaves. The word "mint" descends from the Latin word mentha or menta, [40] which is rooted in the Greek words μίνθα mintha, μίνθη minthē or μίντη mintē meaning "spearmint". [2] The plant was personified in Greek mythology as Minthe, a nymph who was beloved by Hades and was transformed into a mint plant by ...
Despite the fact that most recipes and even grocery stores refer to mint as if it’s a single herb, there are over 15 types of mint, including spearmint, peppermint, orange mint, and apple mint.
Spearmint can be infected by tobacco ringspot virus. This virus can lead to stunted plant growth and deformation of the leaves in this plant. In China, spearmint have been seen with mosaic symptoms and deformed leaves. This is an indication that the plant can also be infected by the viruses, cucumber mosaic and tomato aspermy. [25]
Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. [1] Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, [2] the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world. [3] It is occasionally found in the wild with its parent species. [3] [4]
All parts of the plant have a distinctly minty smell. [4] [6] [7] Unbranched, hairless plants, with narrower leaves and paler flowers, native to areas of Sweden and Finland near the Baltic Sea, have been called Mentha aquatica var. litoralis. [8] Mentha aquatica is a polyploid, with 2n = 8x = 96 chromosomes. [9]
Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as peppermint, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as wanil , wonnow , wonong [ 3 ] or wannang . [ 4 ]
Types of Mountain Mint. There are about 20 recognized species in the mountain mint genus, all of which are native to North America. Here are a few of the most garden-worthy ones.
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 .