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Mentha arvensis
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 canadensis, the related species, is also included in Mentha arvensis by some authors as two varieties, M. arvensis var. glabrata Fernald (North American plants such as American Wild Mint) and M. arvensis var. piperascens Malinv. ex L. H. Bailey (eastern Asian plants such as Japanese mint).
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
arvensis and reported 33 constituents were menthol (73.70–85.80%), menthone (1.50–11.00%), menthyl acetate (0.50–5.30%), isomenthone (2.10–3.90%), limonene (1.20–3.30%) and neomenthol (1.90–2.50%). ... The menthone content varied between 1.50 and 11.00%.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | chetamargugu, chetni-marugu |
| Hindi | बन पुदीना Ban pudina |
| Malayalam | putina, puttina, puttityana |
| Tamil | Iyeccirkirai, kumarakamuli |
| Telugu | Igaenglikoora, igaenglikura |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | pudina |
| English | Field Mint, Wild Mint, Corn Mint |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Leaf blade ovate–elliptic | Blunt or quite tapered tip, with tapered base, hairy, margin shallow-toothed. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bisexual or unisexual pistillate | 4 mm (0.16 in.) long | purple | 5-20 | Uppermost lobe broader than others, with notched tips. Bisexual-flowered corolla clearly longer than calyx, unisexual corolla only slightly longer. Calyx campanulate (bell-shaped), 5-lobed, unclearly 5-veined, sparsely haired, with oil-secreting glands. |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
The wild mint is a 0.5-m-tall perennial herb with square stems, slightly hairy to smooth leaves that are strongly aromatic when crushed. The plant grows throughout North America and prefers prairie ravines, stream and lake margins, low woods, and backyards. It is also native to Eurasia.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
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References
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- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Heart disease
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Diarrhea
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Dysentery
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Stomach problems
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Allergy
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Herb
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tall grasslands
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