Cultivated
Perennial herb ; up to 30–90 cm tall , spicy aromatic , with wide-spreading and fleshy rhizomes . Stems erect , smooth , square in cross section , reddish-green , usually slightly fuzzy , branches profusely at the top . Leaves 4–9 cm long , 1 . 5–4 cm broad , opposite , simple , dark green with reddish veins , lanceolate to elliptic , acute apex , coarsely toothed margins , usually slightly fuzzy . Inflorescences in a dense whorl-like cylindric terminal spike . Flowers pink to lavender , small , 6–8 mm long ; corolla 4-lobed , c . 5 mm diameter . Fruit nutles , ovoid , smooth brown . (Ref . https://en . wikipedia . org) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Mentha aquatica var. piperita (L.) Alef.
Mentha aquatica f. piperita (L.) G.Mey.
Mentha glomerata var. piperita (L.) Gray
Mentha × odora Salisb.
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Peppermint
Ghazanfar (2015) wrote that: "Mint (Arabic: na’na’) is cultivated in several homes throughout Oman as a potherb used to flavour tea; the leaves are used for treating coughs and difficult breathing, stomach problems, chills and fevers (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol. 3).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://pza.sanbi.org *https://www.nparks.gov.sg *https://www.avogel.com *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z.
