Silver Mint (欧薄荷)
Perennial herb with erect growth form up to 1 m tall. Leaves are hairy, green to grey-green colour with a musty, minty smell, and up to 4 inches (10 m) long and up to 0.8 inches (2 cm) wide.
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Synonyms:
Mentha spicata var. longifolia, Mentha spicata subsp. longifolia, Mentha incana, Mentha sylvestris
COMMON NAME
Silver Mint, Horsemint, 欧薄荷
CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Division Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon) Plant Growth Form Herbaceous Plant Lifespan (in Singapore) Perennial Mode of Nutrition Autotrophic Maximum Height 1 m PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION
Light Preference Semi-Shade Water Preference Moderate Water USES
- The leaves can be used to prepare an herbal tea.)
- The essential oil has strong antimicrobial and antioxidant activity (Hajlaoui et al 2009).
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