스피아민트

스피아민트

 

 

	과명 Labiatae(꿀풀과) 속명 Mentha (박하속) 전체학명 Mentha spicata L. 추천명 스피아민트 이명   외국명 Spearmint

 

Spearmint, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is a

species of mint

, Mentha spicata, native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east. It is naturalized in many other temperate parts of the world, including northern and southern

Africa, North America and South America

. It is used as a flavouring in food and herbal teas. The aromatic oil, called oil of spearmint, is also used as a flavouring and sometimes as a scent.

The species and its subspecies have many synonyms, including Mentha crispa, Mentha crispata and Mentha viridis.

Spearmint is a perennial herbaceous plant. It is 30–100 cm (12–39 in) tall, with variably hairless to hairy stems and foliage, and a wide-spreading fleshy underground rhizome from which it grows. The leaves are 5–9 cm (2–3 ¹⁄₂ in) long and 1.5–3 cm (¹⁄₂–1 ¹⁄₄ in) broad, with a serrated margin. The stem is square-shaped, a trademark of the mint family of herbs. Spearmint produces flowers in slender spikes, each flower pink or white in colour, 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long, and broad. Spearmint flowers in the summer (from July to September in the northern hemisphere), and has relatively large seeds, which measure 0.62–0.90 mm (0.024–0.035 in). The name 'spear' mint derives from the pointed leaf tips.Mentha spicata varies considerably in leaf blade dimensions, the prominence of leaf veins, and pubescence.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearmint