Mentha spicata L.
| Synonym : | Mentha crispa L. Mentha rosanii Ten. Mentha viridis (L.) L. Mentha walteriana Opiz. |
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| Bangla Name : | Deshi pudina, |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Stimulant, stomachic, carminative, antispasmodic, diuretic, hiccup, bilious vomiting, flatulence, co |
| Description : | Herbs rhizomatous.Stems erect, purplish, glabrous.Leaves sessile or subsessile, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, papery, base rounded to shallow cordate, margin serrate, apex acute. Verticillasters in terminal spikes, continuous or ± interrupted at base; bracts linear-lanceolate, slightly longer than calyx.Calyx campanulate, subglabrous, glandular, obscurely 5-veined; teeth triangular-lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla purplish,glabrous, apex emarginate. Ovary brown, glabrous.Nutlets brown, triquetrous, ovoid, ca. 0.7 mm, sparsely glandular. |
| Distribution : | - |
| Chemical Constituents : | Diosmetin and diosmin from leaves. Essential oil contains carvacrol, 1-carvone, dihydrocarveol, limonene, dipentene and esters. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Stimulant, stomachic, carminative, antispasmodic, diuretic, hiccup, bilious vomiting, flatulence, colic, cholera, fever, bronchitis, earaches, bruise, sores, aphthae, toothache. |
| Habit : | Herb |