What is Mentha?
{{automatic taxobox |image = Mint 2014-06-01 00-53.jpg |image_caption = [[Mentha × piperita|''Mentha'' × ''piperita'']] (Peppermint) |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Mentha |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |type_species = ''[[Mentha spicata]]'' |type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = *''Pulegium'' <small>[[Philip Miller|Mill.]]</small> *''Preslia'' <small>[[Philipp Maximilian Opiz|Opiz]]</small> *''Audibertia'' <small>[[George Bentham|Benth.]]</small> *''Menthella'' <small>[[Pérard]]</small> *''Minthe'' <small>[[St.-Lag.]]</small> }} '''''Mentha''''' ('''mint''') is a [[genus]] of about 25 [[species]] (and many hundreds of [[Variety (botany)|varieties]]) of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lamiaceae]] (Mint Family). Mint leaves are used for flavoring, such as in mint chocolate chip [[ice cream]], mint [[chutney]], and mint tea. == Species == {| |- valign=top | *''[[Mentha aquatica]]'' – Water mint or Marsh mint *''[[Mentha arvensis]]'' – Corn Mint, Wild Mint, Japanese [[Peppermint]], Field Mint, Pudina ({{lang-hi|पुदिना}}) *''[[Mentha asiatica]]'' - Asian Mint *''[[Mentha australis]]'' - Australian mint *''[[Mentha canadensis]]'' *''[[Mentha cervina]]'' - Hart's Pennyroyal *''[[Mentha citrata]]'' – Bergamot mint *''[[Mentha crispata]]'' - Wrinkled-leaf mint *''[[Mentha cunninghamia]]'' *''[[Mentha dahurica]]'' - Dahurian Thyme *''[[Mentha diemenica]]'' - Slender mint *''[[Mentha gattefossei]]'' *''[[Mentha grandiflora]]'' | *''[[Mentha haplocalyx]]'' *''[[Mentha japonica]]'' *''[[Mentha kopetdaghensis]]'' *''[[Mentha laxiflora]]'' - Forest mint *''[[Mentha longifolia]]'' - [[Mentha sylvestris]], Horse Mint *''[[Mentha piperita]]'' - Peppermint *''[[Mentha pulegium]]'' – Pennyroyal *''[[Mentha requienii]]'' – Corsican mint *''[[Mentha sachalinensis]]'' - Garden mint *''[[Mentha satureioides]]'' - Native Pennyroyal *''[[Mentha spicata]]'' – ''M. cordifolia'', spearmint, Curly mint *''[[Mentha suaveolens]]'' - Apple Mint *''[[Mentha suaveolens 'variegata'