Cultivated
Aromatic , perennial herb ; up to 50 m tall , with spreading rhizomes . Stems erect , few branched , densely minutely woolly . Leaves opposite , oblong or elliptic to oblong-lanceshaped , 3-8 x 1-2 . 5 cm , sometimes folded and curved downward , sometimes glaucous , appressed crisped minutely woolly , glandular , base rounded to broadly wedge-shaped , margin remotely unequal toothed , tip pointed . Inflorescences borne in distant whorls at branch-ends , forming cylindric spikes 3-8 x 1-1 . 4 cm ; bracts linear to subulate , 5-7 mm ; bracteoles subulate , nearly as long as sepal-cup . Flowers bisexual and female , pedicellate , purple , fragrant ; sepal-cup ą purple-red , bell-shaped to funnel-shaped ; petals about 1 mm ; upper petal oblong-ovate , about 2 x 1 . 5 mm , tip notched . Fruit nutlets dark brown , sparsely hairy in upper half . (Ref . https://www . flowersofindia . net) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Mentha asiatica Boriss.
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Asian Mint
Not used traditionally.
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