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Non-scientific name:

mentha piperita

1 Accepted name(s) for "mentha piperita":

Accepted name
Mentha × piperita L.

14 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Drug form:	Plant parts:
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)	Mentha x piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.		leaf, herb
Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2010)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)	Mentha x piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.	Leaf oil, Essential oil, Oil	Herb, Leaf
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L. MPNS Best Guess	Mentha × piperita L.		Branch
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L. MPNS Best Guess	Mentha × piperita L.	Oil
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.	Oil	Branch
Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.		leaves
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)	Mentha piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Mentha piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.	Mentha × piperita L.
Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L. MPNS Best Guess	Mentha × piperita L.		Leaf
Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)	Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L. MPNS Best Guess	Mentha × piperita L.		Leaf

9 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "mentha piperita":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
menta	Other	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
mentha montana	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
menthe	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nana	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
nane	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nanā	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
peppermint	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
نعنا	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
نعنع	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)