Mentha canadensis L.

Mentha canadensis

Family	Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily	Nepetoideae
Tribe	Mentheae
Scientific name	Mentha canadensis L.
Synonyms	Mentha arvensis L. forma glabrata (Fernald) S. R. Stewart; Mentha arvensis L. forma piperascens Malinvaud ex Holmes; Mentha arvensis L. subsp. haplocalyx Briquet var. sachalinensis Briquet ex Miyabe & Miyake; Mentha arvensis L. var. glabrata Fernald; Mentha arvensis L. var. piperascens Malinvaud ex L. H. Bailey; Mentha canadensis L. var. piperascens (Malinvaud ex Holmes) H. Hara; Mentha sachalinensis (Briquet ex Miyabe & Miyake) Kudô; Mentha sachalinensis (Briquet ex Miyabe & Miyake) Kudô var. arguta Kitagawa
Common name	(Japanese common name) hakka (ハッカ, 薄荷 [meaning: mint])
Common name	(English common name) Japanese mint, American corn mint, Canadian mint
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Distribution	(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Canada, USA
Habitat	Swamp, riverside
Chromosomal number	2n=72, 96
Description	Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 2-8cm long, 1-2.5cm wide, petioles 6-20mm long. Flowers while or pale purple corollas 4-5mm long, 4 stamens, flowering in August to October. Fruits ca. 0.7mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference	Mentha canadensis L.
	Mentha sachalinensis (Briquet ex Miyabe & Miyake) Kudô
	Freezing tolerance proteins Wcs19 and Wcor410 from gramineae (US Patent 5731419/1998)
	Encapsulated materials (US Patent 7032601/2006)
	Composition for treating hair and scalp and method for preparing same (US Patent 7205009/2007)
	Tobacco mint plant material product (WIPO Patent WO/2003/028491)


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