Plant name: Pudina (Mint)
Botanical name: Mentha spp.
Family: Lamiaceae
The common species of Mint (Pudina)
Mint (Mentha) is a medicinal plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family. Many varieties are to be found all over the world, and some hybrid varieties have also been made. But only a few of those species are used. Some of these are good for our food items and some are also useful for medicinal purposes.
water mint, marsh mint. – Mentha aquatica L.
corn mint, wild mint, Japanese peppermint, field mint, banana mint – Mentha arvensis L.
Australian mint – Mentha australis R.Br.
Canada mint, American wild mint – Mentha canadensis L.
Hart’s pennyroyal – Mentha cervina L.
New Zealand mint – Mentha cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth.
Dahurian thyme – Mentha dahurica Fisch. ex Benth.
Apple mint, pineapple mint (a variegated cultivar of apple mint) – Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Spearmint, garden mint (a cultivar of spearmint) – Mentha spicata L.
Horse mint – Mentha longifolia (L.) L.
Forest mint – Mentha laxiflora Benth.
Makino – Mentha japonica (Miq.)
Slender mint – Mentha diemenica Spreng.
Corsican mint – Mentha requienii Benth.
For more information on mint or mentha visit Wikipedia
Scientific classification of Mint
| Kingdom | Plantae (Plant) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta (Vascular Plant) |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Superdivision | Spermatohyta (Seed Plant) |
| Phylum | Angiospermophyta (Flowering Plant) |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledon) |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint Family) |
| Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe | Mentheae |
| Genus | Mentha (Mint) |
| SPECIES | Mentha x piperita (Peppermint) |
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