Peppermint EO Organic
Origin: India

• Details and product description

  Introduction:

  Peppermint is a sterile hybrid of Mentha aquatica (watermint) and Mentha viridis (spearmint). It has reallyonly been known since the end of the 18th century. All mints are perennials that propagates through natural layering via stolons (or runners). Peppermint is 60 cm in height and the vertical square purple stems (rubescens) or white (pallescens) bearing fragrant, narrow, lanceolate, dark-green, 7-cm leaves. The lower side of the leaves sometimes has a fine layer of hairs and a large number of essence secreting glandular trichomes. The flowers are most often dark purple, arranged in compact whorls or spikes of short-stalked flowers in the interaxis of the upper leaves. The following can be differentiated depending on color, hardiness and the composition of the essential oil: 1) Mentha piperita (L.) var. piperata forma rubescens Camus or black peppermint with dark stems, hybrid of Mentha viridis L. x Mentha aquatica L., with two subspecies: vulgaris (Mitcham) and sylvestris (Hungarian). The stems are thicker and taller than white perppermint. More robust and more prolific in essential oil, it has small dark green leaves, dark purple stems and light purple flowers. 2) Mentha piperita (L.) var. piperata forma pallescens or white peppermint with light stems (Romaine). Synonym: Mentha piperita L. var. officinalis L. forma pallescens Camus

  History:

  According to Ovid, Mentha comes from Mintha , the Greek name for a nymph that the jealous Persephone changed into mint. It seems that the Ancients used the Pennyroyal mint type. The Chinese praised mints for their tranquillizing and antispasmodic properties. Hippocrates considered it an aphrodisiac and Pliny esteemed their analgesic action. Greek and Roman added mint to milk to prevent spoilage and served the herb after meals as a digestive aid. The three species of this peppermint hybrid plant may have travelled from Italy to Great Britain during the Shakespearian age, since Sole notes their presence in English gardens (Surrey) in 1780. From there, the Mitcham variety spread around the world. American peppermint cultivation began in 1816 with the plants initially imported from England. Around the 1950s production concentrated on the 'mucklands' of Michigan, which were originally swampy marshlands. Did you know that ? : Mint is used as an insect repellent, as rats and mice intensely dislike its smell.

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