Family:
Lamiaceae
Synonym: Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
Vernacular
name: Nattapoochedi
Habit:
Shrub
Habitat:
Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests and wastelands
Flowering
& Fruiting: September-February
Distribution:
India: Throughout India; South
America
Key
identification features: American Mint is a rigid annual herb
of aggressive nature. It starts its vegetative phase either from perrenating
rootstock or seeds, with the onset of monsoon rains. Flowering starts at an
early age of 2-3 months. It produces copious blue flowers in small cymes along
branch that ends with reduced leaves. Flowers are blue.
Uses:
Plant
is used as a local seasoning and also used in ethnomedicine for the treatment
of diabetes mellitus, fever, eczema, flatulence, cancers, and headache
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