We get acquainted with different types of mint from a photo with names and descriptions
Like any ancient plant, mint described accompanied by myths and legends. Culture is mentioned as a trade item in the ancient world. The herb is used in cooking, perfumery and medicine. One of the many names of the plant is "chill", it accurately conveys the first sensation of inhaling the scent of mint. The description and photo with the names of the varieties of mint will help you understand the features.
General information about mint
Since the herb is used for culinary purposes, the ground part of almost all varieties can be harvested at the end of flowering. This is the moment when the plant has the highest concentration of essential oils. Store dried leaves and petioles in glassware in a dark place. They are used as a seasoning for dishes and as part of herbal tea.
The industrial cultivation of various types and varieties of mint makes it possible to use the obtained essential menthol oils in perfumery and medicine. The aroma of menthol soothes and makes you focus.
Students in the Middle Ages were instructed to wear a mint wreath on their heads to improve brain activity. If you put a mint leaf in your wallet, there will be a profit. If rubbed with mint, the forest gnat will fly around.
Peppermint is often used for medical purposes. The content of essential oils in a culture depends on the growth conditions. In warm regions, it is more saturated with useful substances, and there it is cultivated on an industrial scale. The recovered oil contains a lot of menthol and other volatile ester derivatives. The varieties of mint, the photos of which are presented, differ not only in the shape of the leaves and inflorescences, but also in the properties that make the culture necessary.
The use of mint is based on the beneficial effects on the human body:
- relieves inflammation in the respiratory tract;
- shows an antispasmodic effect;
- has anesthetic and antiseptic effect;
- relieves the state of panic and discomfort.
Peppermint photo
The cultivated plant is obtained by crossing wild, water and spikelet mint. It was obtained in England, hence the other name, English mint. In total, 25 species have been created on the basis of peppermint, 15 species are cultivated in our country. The plant is a good honey plant, while the aroma is preserved in the product. Peppermint leaves contain up to 4.4% oil. It is this type of herb that is often grown in the pharmaceutical garden in the country. The plant is unpretentious, but does not like the presence of weeds. After 3-4 years, the site needs to be replanted again, since the old bushes lose their decorative effect. Mint is used in landscaping as a background plant, its height reaches a meter. This species is cultivated for the production of menthol on an industrial scale. Menthol oil is in demand both in pure form and as an ingredient in perfumery. Menthol serves as the basis for some dosage forms.
In the photo, field mint
Tibetan healers use this variety of mint to create fees for the treatment of tuberculosis.They also use this type of medicinal plant to treat the organs of the digestive system and for external rubbing or dusting. In traditional medicine, it is recommended to use field mint for use in gastritis with high acidity, liver disease, and intestinal distention. As a powder, mint stops vomiting, nausea disappears.
It has been noted and collected statistical data that if the field mint is used for weight loss, the effect is surprising. By inhaling the mint flavor throughout the day, a person naturally effortlessly cuts food intake by about 1,800 calories per day. The experiment was carried out in America on a large group of women.
In the photo, lemon mint
This type of mint is called in another way lemon balm, mead, bee mint. The names themselves say that this is an excellent honey plant. Melissa is a cold-resistant plant, but in the northern regions it requires shelter for the winter. Medovka reproduces by seeds, layering, petioles. Since it grows slowly in the first year, they practice growing seedlings. The bush can be from 14 to 125 cm in height. The upper parts of the shoots are mostly fragrant.
In thickened plantings in a rainy summer, lemon balm can get sick with fungal diseases. Shoots are cut before flowering, dried in the shade, and used in cooking. The seasoning is prized for its special taste. She combined the aroma of citrus and the freshness of mint. This seasoning makes any dish delicious. There are 8 varieties in culture, which are included in the Federal Register of the Russian Federation. They differ in leaf color, bush height and winter hardiness. But the main difference will always be the created fragrance and its subtle notes.
Ombalo flea mint in the photo
This type of plant has long been used as an insect repellent. The difference between this bush is that it is not dominated by menthol - pulegon, limonene. The plant is undersized, no more than 30 cm in height, creeping. Ombalo easily takes root from the stem and resembles creeping thyme. The foliage has dense pubescence, the flowers are collected in a false whorl. The plant is thermophilic, decorative, good honey plant. The same puglegon is also present in other types of mint that repel insects - lemon balm, room mint.
Photo of curly mint
Curly, spiky, garden, meadow, German - these are all one and the same plant. A variety of mint is used for conspiracies for prosperity and protection, helps to endure separation.
This mint has a pungent smell based on linalool ester, but menthol is not in this form. The leaves contain ascorbic acid and dietary supplements. The bush grows 30-100 cm high. This plant reproduces, like all other varieties of mint.
Catnip photos
Another name for this plant is catnip. It has a lemon scent and attracts cats. For people in magic, the herb attracts love and courage. The plant is used to create pharmaceutical gardens, rocky compositions. The catnip attracts with its decorative effect and long flowering. The plant loves moderate watering, does not tolerate stagnant water. He has no diseases and pests.
Like all mint, catnip is used in folk medicine. It is used as an anti-inflammatory, tonic and expectorant drug.
Wild mint photos
This type of mint has another name, oregano. Plants are short, perennial. The lower shoots lay down and take root. Therefore, the plant seems to cover the ground. The leaves are used both for cooking and for flavoring tea. As a medicinal plant, the plant is used for colds. Oregano repels moths.
The plant is unpretentious, propagated by seeds, dividing rhizomes, cuttings. After three years, the bushes should be replaced, as the yield decreases on older plants. Wild mint is affected by aphids. A soda solution is used to combat the pest.
For storage, shoots with leaves are used, cutting them off above the soil at a height of 6 cm. The dry collection is stored in a tightly closed package for several years.
Menthol mint
Menthol mint is a type of peppermint. The difference lies in the higher menthol content.One leaf in a glass of tea makes the taste already excessive. The plant reaches 65 cm in height. In the first year of the growing season, the crop is harvested after 3 months, in subsequent years, simultaneously with the regrowth of the leaves, they are already fragrant, have consumer properties. This type of mint is resistant to diseases and pests. The main specific feature is dark stems and a very pungent aroma.
Indoor plant
There are three types of mint known. The houseplant will adapt to any conditions and will benefit from its presence. Among the many types, as indoor, they use:
- molar tree;
- Scandinavian ivy;
- Plectrantus Ertendal.
Most of all known and growing as a pot culture of indoor mint. She really secretes phytoncides, which repel not only moths, but also other insects.
The varieties of spicy culture presented in the material do not exhaust the diversity. Many more plants of this species were not included in the description. But they all differ in their useful properties, decorativeness and application in various spheres of human activity.
Smells like mint and lemon, is it mint?
Yes, it's indoor mint. A fragrant plant that repels moths. Excellent natural indoor air freshener. Just don't put it next to your bed. One small plant in the bedroom at least 2 meters away from the bed will improve the air and bring restful sleep if you are not allergic to its scent.
We bought an Easter set with seeds. That's what has grown. Has a delicate mint aromatic scent. Tell me, what could it be.
Much like mint. It is necessary to wait until it grows up and look at the peduncle.
For an hour I have been picking the ID in order to find the answer to your and your own question. All that we managed to find was that it looks like spearmint. Some color differences in the photo and the splendor of the bush seem to show only the heterogeneity of the soil and the specific growing conditions of this bush. However, there is no certainty. I can add that other sites have a photo with perfect resemblance, in the section of photos of mint, but the plant is not named in any way, and in addition other photos have been slipped that have nothing to do with mint at all ... In general - prostration.
And the mint in the very first photo in the article do not know what it is called? I brought a very similar bush from the mountains of Georgia. Now I'm wondering what it is.
In our garden it grows like a weed, very similar to wild mint, but the plant is annual, erect, bushy. The seeds are especially fragrant, even after the old dry plant comes out from under the snow. What kind? Now it does not bloom yet, but there are already buds collected in an ear.
Very similar to the catnip. And what does it smell like?
We also have such a growth in the garden. Exactly matches the photo and description. I'd love to know what it is? Smells like mint and lemon.
Hello! Please tell me the name of this mint?
The flower in the photo looks more like a variety of echinacea or, in extreme cases, a dahlia. Why did you decide it was mint? Does the plant give off a similar scent? But after all, mint does not bloom with such large red inflorescences, its flowers are small and light.
this monard can also be in tea, look in the internet for details
This is a monard
Thank )))
Oregano photo does not match
Thank! Updated the photo.
Please tell me what kind of plant it is, it smells of mint, but in tea you can hardly feel the taste
Hello, please tell me what kind of plant is it? It smells like mint. That year, mint was planted on this site, but it froze over. Is it a weed?
You really have one type of mint.
Thinking mint. but doubts. How do you throw off a photo?