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Mentha piperita
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Mentha × piperita L., Sp. Pl. 576. 1753.
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Description:
Erect-ascending, with subterraneous or superterraneous stolons, strongly aromatic, perennial herbs. Stems 4-angular, suffused with dark purple, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 2-5 x 1.5-2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, with a rounded or acute base, acute, serrate, glabrous, gland-punctate, 2-5 x 1.5-2 cm; petioles 0.7-1 cm long. Verticillasters combined into a terminal, interrupted inflorescence of 10-30 cm long. Pedicels 0.1-0.15 cm long. Calyx 0.28-0.3 cm long, glabrous, 13-nerved, gland-punctate. Corolla pale-purple or pink, 0.4 cm long; lobes gland-punctate. Fruit not formed.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Europe to Central Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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