Mints

Listing ID #1722511

We are offering japanese mint (mentha arvensis) is a perennial herb with creeping root stalk and an erect stem, 1-2 quadrangulate branched with short dense hair. Leaves are 2.5 ã¢ï¿½ï¿½ 5cm long, oblong-ovate. Flowers are in auxiliary whorls, none at the top. Plant rises to a height of 0.4-0.8 mtr. Branching freely, flowers appearing in may-june and again in september-november under cultivation. Pepper mint (mentha piperita), bergamot mint (mentha citrata) and spear mint (mentha spicata) are also commercially cultivated though on a lesser scale. These species are morphologically variant to that of japanese mint.
Uses
mint is used for flavouring meat, fish, sauces, soups, stews, vinegar, tea, and cordials. The mint oil is used for the production of natural menthol, dementhalised oil is for flavouring mouth washes, tooth paste and pharmaceutical preparations. In medicine, it is used against stomach disorders, rheumatism, in ointments for headaches, in cough drops, inhalations etc. The oil and dried