Mentha microphylla
(L.) Huds.
Habag
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Description
An herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to Mediterranean climate regions.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are used to make a tea drink.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used for making a tea drink.
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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 climate plant.
Where It Grows
Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Mediterranean, Middle East, Saudi Arabia,
References (1)
- Bailey, C. and Danin, A., 1981, Bedouin Plant Utilization in Sinai and the Negev. Economic Botany 35(2): 145-162
