Mentha spicata Mint Spearmint

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Mentha spicata
Scientific Name and Description
Mentha spicata L
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Mentha cordifolia OPHIZ
Mentha viridis L.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Common Names garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint,
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Homoeopathy
Folk
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use

The botanical name of mint  plant  is ( Mentha spicata Linn (Mentha spicata) Syn-Mentha viridis Linn.), and it  belongs to the Lamiaceae (Lamiaceae) family. Mint is known by many names around the world. Which are:-

Mint in – 

  • Pudina Name in Sanskrit - Pootiha, Rochini, Podinak;
  • Pudina Name in Hindi - Pahari Pudina, Pudina;
  • Pudina Name in Gujarati - Phudino;
  • Pudina Name in Telugu - Pudina (Pudina);
  • Pudina Name in Tamil - Pudina (peppermint leaves in Tamil);
  • Pudina Name in  Bengali - Pudina (Pudina);
  • Pudina Name in Nepali - Bawri;
  • Pudina Name in Punjabi - Paharipodina;
  • Pudina Name in Marathi - Pudina
  • Pudina Name in English - Garden mint, Lamb mint, Spearmint
  • Pudina Name in Arabic - Fujnaj, Nanna
  • Pudina Name in Persian - Pudneh, Nagbo.

Mentha spicata L. Herb Leaves Digestive; for stomach ache; to stabilize the belly; scabies; intestinal worms General Kosalge and Fursule 2009,


 

References

Literature

Literature
Kosalge and Fursule 2009,
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Citations

Herb citations

Wikipedia. 2024. "Spearmint." Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified April 21, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearmint.

Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112