Hortela-menta, Hortelã-menta: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Hortela-menta in Brazil is the name of a plant defined with Mentha arvensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mentha penardii (Briq.) Rydb. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1985)
· Revue de Cytologie et de Biologie Végétales, le Botaniste (1981)
· Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Series Botanica (1978)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1841)
· Fig. Pl. Méd. (1764)
· Cytologia (1987)
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