Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mentha × piperita L. [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aetheroleum menthae piperitae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
alevante	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
amentha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
american mint	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
arq peppermint	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balm mint	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
black peppermint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brandy mint	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cabra-caa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
camphor	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
curled mint	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
curly mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
doun menta piperita	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
dried peppermint	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
elevante	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
folia menthae piperitae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
folium menthae piperitae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hairy peppermint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hierba buena	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
hierbabuena	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hierbabuena china	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierbabuena de menta	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierbabuena de olor	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierbabuena, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
hierbabuena, hojas	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
hortela pimenta	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hortelã	Other	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
hortelã pimenta	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
hortelã pimenta óleo volátil	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
hortelã-pimenta	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
kallowena	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
katzenkraut	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
la menta	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
lamb mint	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
lamint	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
lemon mint	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
malva	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
menta	Other	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
menta inglesa	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
menta negra	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
menta piemonte	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
menta piperina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
menta piperita	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
menta, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
menta, hoja	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
mentea peperina	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mentha montana	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mentha pepe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mentha piperita	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
menthae piperitae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
menthae piperitae folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
menthe	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
menthe anglaise	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
menthe poivre	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
menthe poivrée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
menthol	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mieta piepriowa	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mint	Other	Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mjata perečnaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moto yuyo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ménta	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
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)
ndamba	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ni naa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ni’na el fulfully	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
nána	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
oil of peppermint	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
oleum menthae piperitae	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
pennyroyal	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pepermin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pepermint	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peppar mint aenne soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pepparmynta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pepper mint	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
peppermint	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
peppermint leaf	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
peppermint oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
peppermint spirit	Other	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
peppermint water	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
pfefferminzblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pfefferminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pfefferminzöl	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
piperita	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
piperment	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pipermint	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pipmenthol	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pipurment	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podina	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pudeena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pudina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pudna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pum hub	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
puthina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghan podina vilayati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toronjil de menta	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
vilaayathi pudina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilaayati pudinaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vilaiti-pudina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vique	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
weiße minze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white peppermint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yerba mota	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yerbabuena	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
μένθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
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)
辣薄荷	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Branch		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Branch	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Hojas	Hojas desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
leaf, flowering top	dried leaf and flowering top	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Leaf		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Herb, Leaf	Leaf oil, Essential oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaf, essential oil		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf, essential oil		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
whole plant with roots, leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
leaves		Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
Leaf		Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
leaf, aerial part, entire plant		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial part		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
leaf, herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
overground parts of the flowering plant	fresh overground parts of the flowering plant	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
overground parts	overground parts of the flowering plant	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
partes aéreas	óleo	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
overground parts	essential oil	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	whole or cut dried leaves	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
whole aboveground plant, flowering	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
aerial parts	oil	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
leaf	whole or cut dried leaf	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
leaf	dried, whole or cut leaf	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
aerial parts, leaf	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
leaf	dried whole leaves, dried broken leaves, dried cut leaves	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
overground parts	fresh overground parts	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
leaf	Whole or cut dried leaves	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
leaf, flowering top	dried leaf and flowering top	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
leaf	dried leaves	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
ramas, hojas		MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
partes aéreas frescas de la planta florida		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 63 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mentha × piperita var. officinalis Sole Menth. Brit.: 15 (1798).
Mentha aquatica var. langii (Geiger ex T.Nees) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 116 (1866).
Mentha aquatica var. piperita (L.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 115 (1866).
Mentha aquatica f. piperita (L.) G.Mey. Chloris Han.: 290 (1836).
Mentha aquatica convar. subspicata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 115 (1866), nom. illeg.
Mentha canescens var. schultzii (Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 375 (1909).
Mentha glomerata var. piperita (L.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 362 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Mentha hortensis var. citrata Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 14 (1833).
Mentha × balsamea Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 608 (1809).
Mentha × banatica Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 403 (1890).
Mentha × braousiana Pérard Rev. Monogr. Mentha: 8 (1878).
Mentha × concinna Pérard Cat. Rais. Pl. Montluçon, Suppl.: 21 (1878).
Mentha × crispula Wender. Flora 12(1 Erg.): 27 (1829).
Mentha × durandoana Malinv. ex Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 669 (1890).
Mentha × exaltata Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 417 (1890).
Mentha × fraseri Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 8: 315 (1927 publ. 1928).
Mentha × glabra Bellardi ex Colla Herb. Pedem. 4: 430 (1835), nom. illeg.
Mentha × glabrata Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 75 (1794).
Mentha × hercynica Röhl. Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 328 (1812).
Mentha × heuffelii Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 404 (1890).
Mentha × hircina J.Fraser J. Bot. 70: 40 (1932).
Mentha × hircina Hull Brit. Fl. 1: 127 (1799).
Mentha × hirtescens Haw. ex Spach Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 13: 148 (1895).
Mentha × hortensis Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 14 (1833), nom. illeg.
Mentha × hudsoniana Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 402 (1890).
Mentha × kahirina Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 213 (1775).
Mentha × langii Geiger ex T.Nees Düsseld. Samml. Suppl. 2: 25 (1833).
Mentha × maximilianea var. schultzii (Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 64 (1891).
Mentha × napolitana Ten. Fl. Napol. 5: t. 242 (1836).
Mentha × nigricans Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 12 (1768).
Mentha × odora Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 80 (1796), nom. superfl.
Mentha × officinalis Hull Brit. Fl. 1: 127 (1799).
Mentha × pimentum Nees ex Bluff & Fingerh. Comp. Fl. German. 2: 13 (1825).
Mentha × piperita var. balsamea (Willd.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 377 (1909).
Mentha × piperita var. beckeri Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
Mentha × piperita var. braousiana (Pérard) Briq. in É.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 694 (1903).
Mentha × piperita var. calophylla Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
Mentha × piperita var. calvifolia Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
Mentha × piperita var. crispula (Wender.) Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 403 (1890).
Mentha × piperita var. durandoana (Malinv. ex Batt.) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 72 (1891).
Mentha × piperita var. globosiceps Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 73 (1891).
Mentha × piperita var. hercynica (Röhl.) Briq. in É.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 694 (1903).
Mentha × piperita var. heuffelii (Heinr.Braun) Topitz Magyar Bot. Lapok 15: 154 (1916 publ. 1917).
Mentha × piperita var. hircina Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 366 (1821 publ. 1822).
Mentha × piperita var. hispidula Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 704 (1894).
Mentha × piperita var. hudsoniana Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 402 (1890).
Mentha × piperita var. langii W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 250 (1833).
Mentha × piperita var. officinalis W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 250 (1833), nom. illeg.
Mentha × piperita var. ouweneelii Lebeau & Lambinon Bull. Soc. Échange Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin Médit. 22: 21 (1986-1987 publ. 1988).
Mentha × piperita var. pennsylvanica Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
Mentha × piperita var. pimentum (Nees ex Bluff & Fingerh.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 596 (1881).
Mentha × piperita var. piperoides (Malinv.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 378 (1909).
Mentha × piperita var. poicila Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 217 (1913).
Mentha × piperita f. puberula Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 64 (1914).
Mentha × piperita f. rotundella Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 218 (1913).
Mentha × piperita var. subhirsuta Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 176 (1833).
Mentha × piperita var. sylvestris Sole Menth. Brit.: 53, 24 (1798).
Mentha × piperita var. vulgaris Sole Menth. Brit.: 19, 8 (1798).
Mentha × piperoides Malinv. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 653 (1907).
Mentha × schultzii Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz Arch. Fl. France Allemagne 2: 283 (1858).
Mentha × suavis var. schultzii (Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz) Briq. in É.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 696 (1903).
Mentha × tenuis Frank ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 169 (1848), not validly publ.
Mentha × viridis var. piperita (L.) Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 469 (1894).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Menta x piperita L.	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
Mentha piperata	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Mentha piperata Linn. emend. Huds.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Mentha piperita	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Mentha piperita (L.) Hudson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mentha piperita (L.) Hudson var. officinalis Sde.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mentha piperita (L.) Hudson var. officinalis Sde. forma rubescens Camus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mentha piperita L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mentha piperita Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Mentha piperita Linne	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
Mentha piperita Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Mentha x piperita	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Mentha x piperita L.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mentha × piperita	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004)
Mentha × piperita L	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
Mentha × piperita L.	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mentha ×piperita L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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