Mint - Horse

Botanical Name: Mentha longifolia

Family: Lamiaceae

Other Names: Long leaved mint

Habitat: Damp places

Description: Hairy. Grey foliage up to 1m tall. Stem: rectangular and branching Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, serrated, downy  Flowers: lilac or white, dense spike

Native to: Britain, Europe, and Asia

Parts Used: Herb

Actions: Carminative, stimulant

Constituents: Essential oil, tannins

Volatile oil –diosphenol, rotundifolone, piperitone oxide, beta caryophyllene, germacrene D, menthol, menthofuran, menthone, epoxypulegone, carvone

Flavone glycosides –isoorientin, vicenin 2, lucenin 1, hypolaetin, apigenin-, tricetin- and luteolin glycosides.

Phenolic acid