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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Mentha aquatica

Common Name
Su Nanesi, Horsemint, Bergamot Mint

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cold Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Digestive Elsewhere *
Emetic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gall Elsewhere *
Perfume Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Stimulant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomach Elsewhere *