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| color = IndianRed
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|familia=Lamiaceae
| common_names = Mint
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|genus=Mentha
| growth_habit = [[Rhizome]]
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|common_name=Mint
| high = 40cm
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|habit=herbaceous
| wide = 15cm
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|Min ht metric=cm
| lifespan = [[Perennial]]*
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|Max ht box=40
| exposure = Sun, part sun
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|Max ht metric=cm
| water = regular is best
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|Max wd box=15
| features = Fragrance
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|Max wd metric=cm
| hardiness = Hardy
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|lifespan=perennial
| usda_zones =  
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|exposure=sun, part-sun
| sunset_zones =  
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|water=moist, moderate
| name = ''Mentha''
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|features=flowers, fragrance, edible
| image = Mentha longifolia 2005.08.02 09.53.56.jpg
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|Temp Metric=°F
| image_width = 200px
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|image=Mint-leaves-2007.jpg
| image_caption = ''Mentha longifolia''
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|image_width=240
| regnum = Plantae
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|image_caption=Mint leaves
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Lamiales
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| familia = Lamiaceae
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| genus = Mentha
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| species =
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| subspecies =
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| cultivar =
   
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'''''Mentha''''' ('''mint''') is a [[genus]] of about 25 [[species]] (and many hundreds of [[Variety (botany)|varieties]]<ref name="OxfordCompanion">{{cite book |last=Davidson |first=Alan |authorlink=Alan_Davidson_%28food_writer%29 |title=The Oxford Companion to Food |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-211579-0 |pages=508}}</ref>) of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lamiaceae]] (Mint Family). Species within Mentha have a wide distribution around the world due to its usefulness.  Several mint [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s commonly occur.
 
'''''Mentha''''' ('''mint''') is a [[genus]] of about 25 [[species]] (and many hundreds of [[Variety (botany)|varieties]]<ref name="OxfordCompanion">{{cite book |last=Davidson |first=Alan |authorlink=Alan_Davidson_%28food_writer%29 |title=The Oxford Companion to Food |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-211579-0 |pages=508}}</ref>) of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lamiaceae]] (Mint Family). Species within Mentha have a wide distribution around the world due to its usefulness.  Several mint [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s commonly occur.
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==See also==
      
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Mentha Medicinal use of mint in Armenia]
 
*[http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Mentha Medicinal use of mint in Armenia]
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