Biology:Mentha sachalinensis

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Garden mint
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M. a. subsp. haplocalyx
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M. a. var. sachalinensis
Trinomial name
Mentha arvensis var. sachalinensis
(Briq. ex Miyabe & Miyake) Kudô[1]

Mentha arvensis var. sachalinensis, also known as Mentha sachalinensis,[2] is known by the common name of Sachalin (or Sakhalin) mint.[1] It is a variety of field mint, native to Japan, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, the Russian Far East (particularly Sakhalin island) and Norway.[2][3]

It is often used in teas and is quite easy to grow.[citation needed] The leaves grow in a circular form and the end of each stem. It is grown in Hungary for essential oil and menthol production.[4] It also contains a significant amount of pulegone.[5]

Foreign names for this plant include sachalinenminze in German;[3] ezo, kusa hakka and inu hakka in Japanese; and 东北薄荷 (dong bei bo he) in Chinese.[2][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC world dictionary of plant names : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 1659. ISBN 0849326737. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC&pg=PA1659&dq=sachalinensis. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mentha sachalinensis in Flora of China". Flora of China (series) Vol 17. p. 237. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019820. "Mentha sachalinensis (Briquet ex Miyabe & Miyake) Kudô, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo. 43(10): 47. 1921. 东北薄荷 dong bei bo he." 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Seidemann, Johannes (2004). World spice plants. Berlin: Springer. p. 228. ISBN 3540222790. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fhN0VK2608QC&q=Mentha+sakhalin. 
  4. Hornok, László (1992) (in en). Cultivation and processing of medicinal plants. Wiley. ISBN 9780471923831. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=__k6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Sakhalin+mint%22. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Guenther, Ernest (1949) (in en). The essential oils. D. Van Nostrand Co.. p. 663. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z-BJAAAAYAAJ&dq=haplocalyx. 

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