Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mentha longifolia (L.) L. [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 15

Mentha longifolia var. amphilema Briq. ex Rech.f.

Mentha longifolia var. asiatica (Boriss.) Rech.f.

Mentha longifolia var. austroafghanica Rech.f.

Mentha longifolia var. chlorodictya Rech.f.

Mentha longifolia var. kermamensis Rech.f.

Mentha longifolia var. kotschyana (Boiss.) Briq.

Mentha longifolia var. muqarrabica Shinwari & Chaudhri

Mentha longifolia subsp. noeana (Briq.) Briq.

Mentha longifolia var. petiolata Boiss.

Mentha longifolia var. schimperi (Briq.) Briq.

Mentha longifolia var. swatica Shinwari & Chaudhri

Mentha longifolia subsp. typhoides (Briq.) Harley

Mentha longifolia subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq.

Mentha longifolia subsp. longifolia

Mentha longifolia subsp. wissii (Launert) Codd

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chittapodna	Other	Med. Pl. in Tamil Nadu, India (Prabhu et al., 2014)
dhoop	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
dyosmos	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
enalay	Other	Ethnobot. of Weed Flora, Swat, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016)
enaley	Other	Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan (Khan et al., 2020)
english horsemint	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ghagha	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
haback	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
habak	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
habaq	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
habaq al-maya	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
horse mint	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
horsemint	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
inxina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inzinziniba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jangali pudinaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangli pudina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu pudina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mint	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
n'an'a	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
na'na'	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
naana	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
nana wadi	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. in N Jordan (Nawash et al., 2014)
nane	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
na’a	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
pehari podina	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
piperita	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
podina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poochink	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
poorchink	Other	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
potamoítanos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
poundina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pudinaa-barri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pudinna	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
puneh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
putiha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ross-minze	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
safaid podina	Other	Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
taihart	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
vanalai	Other	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
vanaly	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
velanai	Other	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
velanay	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010) Indig. Knwlg. on Med. Flora, Pakistan (Shah et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
velaney	Other	NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
villanay	Other	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
villany	Other	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
waden	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
welanay	Other	Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
wenalay	Other	Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
yabani nane	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ποταμοϊτανος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
حبق	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حبق الميه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
نعنع	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
نعنع بري	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
وَدن	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
پودینه	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
‫نعنع‬ بري‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Branch		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Branch		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaves, Aerial parts		Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Leaves		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Whole plant		Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Leaves		Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Leaves, shoots, floral tops		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
leaves		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
leaf, flower		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf, flower		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Leaves		Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan (Khan et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
Leaf		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Leaves, stem		Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010)
Leaves		Indig. Knwlg. on Med. Flora, Pakistan (Shah et al., 2016)
Leaves, stem		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
Plant		Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
whole plant		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
leaves		Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
Leaves		Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
whole plant		Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011)
Whole plant		Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
shoots		NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Whole plant		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, aerial parts		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Tamil Nadu, India (Prabhu et al., 2014)
leaves		Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
leaves, flowering top	essential oil, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaf		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
leaves, flowers		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
leaf		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mentha spicata subsp. longifolia (L.) Tacik Fl. Polska 11: 216 (1967).
Mentha spicata var. longifolia L. Sp. Pl.: 576 (1753).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mentha longifolia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indig. Knwlg. on Med. Flora, Pakistan (Shah et al., 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indig. Knwlg. on Med. Flora, Pakistan (Shah et al., 2016) Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
Mentha longifolia (L.) L	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Mentha longifolia (L.) L.	Ethnobot. of Pl. in N Jordan (Nawash et al., 2014) Ethnobot. of Weed Flora, Swat, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016) Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan (Khan et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mentha longifolia (L.)L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Mentha longifolia (Linn) Huds.	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Mentha longifolia (Linn.) Huds.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Mentha longifolia D.Don	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
Mentha longifolia Huds. (Linn.)	Med. Pl. in Tamil Nadu, India (Prabhu et al., 2014)
Mentha longifolia L	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
Mentha longifolia L.	Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Mentha longifolia L. (Hudson)	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
Mentha longifolia L. Huds	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010)
Mentha longifolia Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Mentha longifolia Z.K. Shinwari & M.N. Chaudhri	Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
Mentha longifolia(L.) L.	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Mentha longifoliaL.	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
Mentha spicata L. longifolia L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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