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Mentha x piperita L.
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- Local Name:
- Sat podina.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- A rhizomatous and aromatic herb has been cultivated and introduced in local area for commercial purpose.
- Plant Description:
- Stem quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves simple, ovate-elliptic,acute, margin,serrate.Inflorescence an oblong terminal spike,with lower distant verticillaster. Flower zygomorphic, lilac. Fruit a nutlet obovoid in shape.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- July-November.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-November.
- Medicinal Value:
- It has carminative, cooling and digestive properties. [1] [15]
- Part Used:
- Whole plant.
- Occurrence:
- Cultivated.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy, Oil Extraction.
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