Mint ( Mentha ) is a recurrent herb with a unique smell and colourful history . There are many case of mint useable and it is widely grown . The leaves and stems are harvested for legion culinary and medicinal uses . Mint can be used overbold or dried . In the garden , batch spreads rapidly in shade to part Sunday in ordinary garden soil .

History

The name " muckle " add up from a nymph name Minthe or Menthe , a character in Grecian mythology who , harmonise to caption , was Pluto ’s girl . Pluto ’s married woman , Persephone , became jealous and turned Minthe into a ground - clinging industrial plant . Although Pluto was ineffective to change Minthe back into a houri , he render her the ability to sweeten the air when her leaves and stems were crushed .

Because mint is so widely available and there are so many different type , its popularity as a culinary and medicative herbaceous plant has remained throughout history .

Benefits

Mint was used throughout history to treat abdomen and digestion problems and to freshen breath . The dried leaves were used to white tooth and as a pest repellent . Mint is still used in medication , in beauty ware and as a food for thought additive . It can be used fresh or dried in salad , as a garnish for hot or cold drinks , or as a tea . It is also used in landscape gardening as an attractive ground covering or potted industrial plant .

Identification

plant from the mint family have a unique root structure . The stems are straight and not round like most plant . Also , the leaves have jagged sharpness and have the unique and apparent passel odour when crushed . Some mints have variegate or foggy leaves . Some plants from the mint family are not usually considered pot , for example , catnip or horehound .

Geography

Mint grows outdoors all over the world except in the cold regions where the earth stays frozen year - round . It prefers moist soil and some shade during the hottest part of the day in warmer climates . If moisture needs are not play , it will die back to the roots and regrow when circumstance are favorable . spate spreads sharply and can become a pestis in some garden . It can also be grown indoors in a gay window .

Types

The most vulgar types of mint that are grown for culinary and medicinal purpose are spearmint , peppermint , chocolate mickle , Ananas comosus muckle , apple mint , orange mint and Swiss mint . However , there are hundreds of varieties . Mint types cross - pollinate and can make new varieties when grow closely together , so there are many types that are undocumented . Not all heap are primer coat screening . uncouth mountain muckle grows up to 36 inches marvelous and grows wild in the central and southeast United States . Lemon mint or purple Equus caballus mickle grows up to 48 inches tall and is a native mountain that grows wild throughout the United States . It has a crisp citrus - corresponding penchant and sense of smell .

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