Typical of the Lamiaceae family
Hyptis suaveolens
American Mint നരിപ്പൂച്ചി
Malayalam name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Assam, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
American Mint in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Nepali | वन सिलाम | Not recorded |
| Bengali | বিলাতি তুলসী | Not recorded |
| Telugu | హిప్తిస్ సావెలెన్స్ | Not recorded |
| Malayalam | നരിപ്പൂച്ചി | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Nepali
- वन सिलाम
- Bengali
- বিলাতি তুলসী
- Telugu
- హిప్తిస్ సావెలెన్స్
- Malayalam
- നരിപ്പൂച്ചി
Ecological pressure
Reports about this plant in particular places. Evidence from one region or a wider genus doesn’t establish the same effect everywhere.
Named a high-concern invasive in the 2023 national study
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Predominant invader in dry savannas and dry deciduous forests
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Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP records it as introduced in Andaman Is., Assam, India, Laccadive Is., Nicobar Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Mesosphaerum suaveolens. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Mexico to Trop. America.
- Recorded habitat
- Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests, also in waste places and road sides
- Explore nearby plants
- Gujarat →Assam →Uttarakhand →
Occurrence records show where a plant has been recorded; they do not establish that it is native there. Compare local habitat and growing conditions when choosing plants for a garden.
How to identify American Mint
Identify American Mint by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Assam, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for American Mint itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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