Volume: 42 Issue: 3
Production and trade of menthol mint in India: Problems and prospects
Year: 2020, Page: 200-204, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v42i3.Prakash
Received: Dec. 7, 2020 Accepted: Dec. 28, 2020 Published: Dec. 31, 2020
Menthol mint, corn mint, Japanese mint or Mentha arvensis belongs to the family Lamiaceae, which is known as the mint family. The genus name ‘Mentha’ is derived from the Greek word minthos meaning herb mint and ‘arvensis’ means ploughed field (Takeda, 1971). The cultivation of Mentha arvensis was initially started around 1870 in Japan, so it is also called as Japanese mint, that is believed to be the native place of this plant. The cultivation was gradually spread to other countries like Brazil, China, France, Italy and U.S.A. This paper traces the evolution of menthol mint introduction, cultivation & trade in India.
Keywords: Essential oil, India, Menthol mint, Mentha arvensis, Trade
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Phool Prakash, Ramesh K Srivastava. 2020. Production and trade of menthol mint in India: Problems and prospects. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 42: 200-204.
