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    Facts and uses of Mint savory

    By s mSeptember 9, 2019Updated:September 9, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Mint savory Quick Facts
    Name: Mint savory
    Scientific Name: Calamintha grandiflora
    Origin Originated in Mediterranean region
    Mint savory also known as Calamint, Large-flowered calamint, Mountain balm, Showy savory and Showy calmint, is a perennial aromatic plant having showy purple flowers. Calamintha grandiflora is distributed in Europe, Central Asia, Eastern Mediterranean region, North Africa and America. It is represented by nine species and 12 taxa, five being endemic to Turkey. It is used as folk medicine in Turkey as Güzel Nane, Miskotu, Tıbbi Miskotu, Dağ Nanesi, Yabani Oğulot. The species are used as antispasmodic, stimulant, digestive, emenagogue, diaphoretic, antiseptic and strengthening central nervous system. It is used for treating throat and stomach ache and kidney disorders.

    It is perennial plant that grows 0.6 m (2ft) by 0.5 m (1ft 8 in) with broadly ovate, subentire, obtuse or shallowly deeply crenate-serrate leaves that are very fragrant when crushed. Leaves have nine teeth on each side. Usually the plant forms dense foliage on rocky sites, abandoned places and dry meadows.

    The plant bloom flowers from July to September and seeds ripen from September to October. Species are hermaphrodite and is pollinated by insects and bees. The plant prefers well-drained soil. It grows in semi-shade or no shade. It also prefers dry or moist soil and tolerates drought. It is tubular, tiny, two lipped, lilac to white flowers that appear in axillary spikes. Calyx is sparsely to densely puberulent or pubescent and about 3-7 × 1-2 mm in diameter. The plant is found in South, South-Central and Western Europe, northwards to East England.

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    Medicinal uses

    • The plant is digestive, febrifuge, expectorant, aromatic and diaphoretic.
    • Infusion of flowers is used for flatulent colic and weaknesses of stomach. Also it is used for insomnia, depression and painful menstruation.
    • Infusion made from leaves is used for treating nervous complaints, jaundice, cramps and convulsions.
    • Apply the warm poultice of leaves to soothe bruises and rheumatic pains.

    Culinary uses

    • Add the leaves in soup.
    • Use the leaves to make herb tea.

    References:

    http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Calamintha.html

    https://freakofnatural.com/calamintha/

    http://www.perennials.com/plants/calamintha-grandiflora-variegata.html

    https://www.finegardening.com/plant/calamint-calamintha-grandiflora-variegata

    https://practicalplants.org/wiki/Calamintha_grandiflora

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6566814_Composition_of_the_Essential_Oil_of_Calamintha_grandiflora

    http://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_12458/127-132.pdf

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Calamintha+grandiflora

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamintha_grandiflora

    http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/calamintha-grandiflora=large-flowered-calamint.php

    https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/112867

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    Name Mint savory
    Scientific Name Calamintha grandiflora
    Native Originated in Mediterranean region
    Common/English Name Calamint, Large-flowered calamint, Mountain balm, Showy savory, Showy calmint
    Name in Other Languages English:  Large-flowered calamintha;
    French: calament a grande fleur, sarriette a grandes fleurs;
    German: GroBblutige Bergminze GroBblutiger Steinquendel;
    Italian: mentuccio montana;
    Russian: duschevik krupnocvetkovyj
    Plant Growth Habit Shrubby perennial
    Plant Size 0.6 m (2 ft) by 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in)
    Leaf Pale-green, oval
    Flowering Season Early Summer, Mid-Summer
    Flower Deep pink

    California bay Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Umbellularia californica

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Viridiplantae  (Green plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (Land plants)
    Superdivision Embryophyta
    Division Tracheophyta  (Vascular plants, tracheophytes)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Laurales
    Family Lauraceae  (Laurels)
    Genus Umbellularia (Nees) Nutt. (California laurel, Californian bay)
    Species Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. (California laurel)
    Synonyms
    • Drimophyllum pauciflorum Nutt.
    • Litsea californica (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.fil. ex B.D.Jacks.
    • Oreodaphne californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nees
    • Tetranthera californica Hook. & Arn.
    • Tetranthera causticans Pasq.
    • Umbellularia californica var. californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
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