American Mint
Hyptis suaveolens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Assam, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hyptis suaveolens
- Genus
- Hyptis
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests, also in waste places and road sides
- Native to
- Central America
- Distribution
- Naturalized in tropics
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Assam, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Leaves are oppositely arranged, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.94 in) long, with shallowly toothed margins, and emit a strong minty odor if crushed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for American Mint itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for American Mint itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- वन सिलाम
- Bengali
- বিলাতি তুলসী
- Telugu
- హిప్తిస్ సావెలెన్స్
- Malayalam
- നരിപ്പൂച്ചി
About American Mint
A member of the Lamiaceae family, American Mint (Hyptis suaveolens) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Assam, Uttarakhand and 8 other states. It grows in degraded moist and dry deciduous forests, also in waste places and road sides. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
American Mint belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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