Mentha longifolia subsp. typhoides
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Summary
Source: WikipediaMentha longifolia, also known as horse mint, brookmint, fillymint or St. John's horsemint, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe excluding Britain and Ireland, western and central Asia (east to Nepal and far western China), and northern and southern (but not tropical) Africa.
Description
An herb in the Lamiaceae (mint) family native to Mediterranean regions.
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Edible Uses
The fresh leaves are added to salads and cooked as a vegetable. Dried leaves are used as a spice and flavoring. The leaves are also brewed as a herbal tea.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are added to salads. The dried leaves are used as a spice. The leaves are cooked as a vegetable. The leaves are also used as a herbal tea.
Medicinal Uses
Nicholas Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653) states that "It is good for wind and colic in the stomach ... The juice, laid on warm, helps the King's evil or kernels in the throat ... The decoction or distilled water helps a stinking breath, proceeding from corruption of the teeth, and snuffed up the nose, purges the head. It helps the scurf or dandruff of the head used with vinegar." In addition, Mentha longifolia, like other Mentha species, is known to have important medicinal properties.
Distribution
It is a Mediterranean plant.
Where It Grows
Turkey, Türkiye,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Dere nanesi, Doguma, Kopek nanesi, Nana, Nane, Pune, Pung, Puni, Punk, Su yarpuzu, Yabani nane, Yabannanesi, Yarpiz, Yarpuz
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