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Mentha aquatica L. Mentha longifolia L. Mentha pulegium L. Lamiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

Part of the book series: European Ethnobotany ((EUROETH))

Synonyms

Mentha aquatica L.: Mentha hirsuta Huds.; Mentha palustris Mill.; Mentha eriantha K. Koch; Mentha capitata Opiz

Mentha longifolia L.: Mentha spicata var. longifolia L.; Mentha sylvestris L.

Mentha pulegium L.: Pulegium vulgare Mill.; Mentha dagestanica Boriss

Local Names

Armenia: Mentha longifolia: (dakhdz yerkaraterev); Azerbaijan: Mentha aquatica: Su yarpızı; Mentha longifolia: Uzunyarpaq yarpız, Mentha pulegium: Pulqar yarpızı; Georgia: Mentha aquatica: – tentso, – ts’q’lis p’it’na, – mintoor (Svanetian), – mintu (Svanetian), – mgntoor (Svanetian), – ghejishi (Megrelian), – q’valimta (Megrelian); Mentha longifolia: – t’q’is p’it’na, – virip’it’na (Kartlian, Upper Imeretian), – mintv (Svanetian), – Mintu (Svanetian), – p’it’nura (Kakhetian), – t’entso (Acharian), – t’q’ar mintv (Svanetian), – tsvalmita (Megrelian), – tsvalminta (Megrelian), – tskhenis p’it’na (Kartlian), – tskhenip’it’na (Kartlian, Upper Imeretian), Mentha pulegium: – ombalo, – ombale (Megrelian), – ombali...

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  1. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  2. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba P. Mehdiyeva & Valida M. Alizade

  3. Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia

    George Fayvush & Alla Aleksanyan

  4. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, 5, Cholokasvili Ave., 0162, Tbilisi, Georgia

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  5. Instituto de Ecología-UMSA, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Cota Cota Calle 27, La Paz, Bolivia

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  6. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Mentha aquatica L. Mentha longifolia L. Mentha pulegium L. Lamiaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_141

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