Yerba buena: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Yerba buena in Ecuador is the name of a plant defined with Mentha aquatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Marrubium aquaticum (L.) Uspensky (among others).
2) Yerba buena in Latin America is also identified with Mentha spicata It has the synonym Mentha spicata L. var. spicata (etc.).
3) Yerba buena in Philippines is also identified with Mentha arvensis It has the synonym Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Cytologia (1992)
· Revue de Cytologie et de Biologie Végétales, le Botaniste (1981)
· Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien (1890)
· Taxon (1994)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1841)
· Thaiszia (1997)
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