Family: Lamiaceae
Synonym: Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
Vernacular name: Nattapoochedi
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests and wastelands
Flowering & Fruiting: September-February
Distribution: India: Throughout India; South America
Key identification features: American Mint is a rigid annual herb of aggressive nature. It starts its vegetative phase either from perrenating rootstock or seeds, with the onset of monsoon rains. Flowering starts at an early age of 2-3 months. It produces copious blue flowers in small cymes along branch that ends with reduced leaves. Flowers are blue.
Uses: Plant is used as a local seasoning and also used in ethnomedicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, fever, eczema, flatulence, cancers, and headache
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