Mentha × piperita
Also known as Mentha piperita, peppermint, Peppermint, Mentha x piperita
Peppermint ('''Mentha × piperita''') is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world. It is occasionally found in the wild with its parent species.
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Peppermint is a hybrid mint plant created from a cross between watermint and spearmint, originally from Europe and the Middle East. Today it is widely grown around the world and remains an important plant in many cultures and industries.
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Species
Mentha piperita
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAltay, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy
Common Name: pennyroyal
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Research
1,560 papers- Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological updates on Peppermint (Mentha × piperita L.)-A review.ReviewPhytotherapy research : PTR · 2020Mahendran G, Rahman LUDOI: 10.1002/ptr.6664
Article
15 sectionsContents
- Botany
- Ecology
- Cultivation
- Cultivars
- Diseases
- Production
- Chemical constituents
- Oil
- Research and health effects
- Culinary and other uses
- Safety
- Standards
- See also
- References
- External links
Peppermint ('''Mentha × piperita') is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world. It is occasionally found in the wild with its parent species.
Although the genus Mentha comprises more than 25 species, the one in most common use is peppermint. While Western peppermint is derived from Mentha × piperita, Chinese peppermint, or bohe, is derived from the fresh leaves of M. haplocalyx. M. × piperita and M. haplocalyx are both recognised as plant sources of menthol and menthone, and are among the oldest herbs used for both culinary and medicinal products.