Photo: Mentha canadensis 0.

Photo: Mentha canadensis.

Flowering tops. This one contains at least twice as much menthol as the strongest peppermint, 'Mitcham'. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.


Mentha canadensis L.
Engl.: Japanese mint, American corn mint, Canadian mint, Chinese mint, Chinese peppermint, horsemint, Japanese peppermint.
Deu.: Japanische Minze, Chinesische Minze.
Suom.: japaninminttu.
Bot. syn.: Mentha arvensis L. f. piperascens Malinv. ex Holmes, Mentha arvensis L. ssp. canadensis (L.) H. Hara, Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze, Mentha arvensis L. var. glabrata Fernald, Mentha arvensis L. var. piperascens Malinv. ex L. H. Bailey, Mentha haplocalyx Briq., Mentha pedunculata Hu & Tsai, Mentha sachalinensis (Briq.) Kudo