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Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. [1] Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, [2] the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world. [3] It is occasionally found in the wild with its parent species. [3] [4]
Megacrania batesii, commonly known as the peppermint stick insect, is an unusual species of stick insect found in northeastern Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, [3] and possibly as far north as the Philippines. [4] [5] It is notable for its aposematic coloration, as well as its robust chemical defense mechanism.
Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as peppermint, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as wanil , wonnow , wonong [ 3 ] or wannang . [ 4 ]
Eucalyptus amygdalina, commonly known as black peppermint, [3] is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to Tasmania. It is a small to medium-sized tree with rough bark on park of the trunk, smooth grey to brown bark above, lance-shaped to linear adult leaves, oval to club-shaped flower buds, white flowers and cup-shaped to hemispherical fruit.
Eucalyptus dives, commonly known as the broad-leaved peppermint or blue peppermint, [2] is a species of tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, finely fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of eleven or more, white flowers and cup-shaped, hemispherical or conical fruit.
leaves and bark buds, flowers and fruit E. pulchella from A critical revision of the genus Eucalyptus. Eucalyptus pulchella, commonly known as the white peppermint or narrow-leaved peppermint, [2] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Tasmania. it has smooth bark, sometimes with rough fibrous bark on older trees, linear leaves, flower buds in groups of nine to twenty or ...
Peppermint oil can be extracted from the leaves of the peppermint plant (see that process here) and is used in tons of different ways. Peppermint, in general is most notable for its taste, smell ...
Mentha arvensis, the corn mint, field mint, or wild mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae.It has a circumboreal distribution, being native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia, east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia, and North America.