phudina :
Taxonomical Classification
Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Labiatae
Genus: Mentha
Species: Mentha piperita
Allied species:
Although the genus Mentha comprises more than 25 species, the most common one used is peppermint. While Western peppermint is derived from Mentha piperita, Chinese peppermint, or “Bohe” is derived from the fresh leaves of Mentha haplocalyx.Mentha piperita and Mentha haplocalyx are both recognized as plant sources of menthol and menthone and are among the oldest herbs used for both culinary and medicinal products.
VERNACULAR NAMES
Sanskrit: Pudina, Putiha.English: peppermint
Hindi: Pudinah, विलायती पुदीना Vilayati pudina, पेपरमिंट Peppermint
Urdu: Pudinchkohi
Telugu: Pudina
Bengali: Podina
Marathi: Pudina
Konkani: Vodthalaun
Oriya: ପୀପରମିଂଟ, pudina
Gujarathi: Phudno, Pudina
Tamil: Puthina
Malayalam: Putiyina, കര്പ്പൂരത്തുളസി Karppoora-Tulasi
Kannada: Chetnimaraga, Chetnimaragu.
Punjabi: Hara Pudina,
Sindhi: Phudina
Arabic: Naana al hind
Spanish: Menta japonesa, Menta silvestre, Hierba buena.
Mexican: Menta piperita
Assamese: পদুনা Poduna
Japanese: Mensa arubenshisu, Menta arubenshisu, Youshu hakka
Chinese: Po-ho
French: Baume des champs, Menthe des champs, Menthe du japon.
German: Ackerminze, Feldminze, Kornminze, Minze.
Burma: Bhudina
Nepal: पुदिना Pudina
Persian: Pudinah
Sinhalese: Minchi
Greek: μέντα ménta
Varities:
Classical categorization:
Bhavaprakash Nighantu – Anekaryanam varga
Nighantu Adarsha – Putikaranjadi varga
Dhanavantari Nighantu – Suvarnadi varga
There are three varieties of M. piperita L.: variety vulgaris Sole or Mitcham mint, the most widespread throughout the world; variety sylvestris Sole or Hungarian mint, and variety officinalis Sole. Two varieties of the species, black mint (which has violet-coloured leaves and stems) and white mint (which has pure green leaves) are under cultivation (Briggs, 1993; Bruneton, 1995; Leung and Foster, 1996; Wichtl and Bisset, 1994). The most extensively cultivated is the so-called English or black mint, M. piperita officinalis rubescens Camus. This variety yields more volatile oil than white mint (Masada, 1976).
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