EPPO Global Database

Mentha arvensis(MENAR)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MENAR
  • Preferred name: Mentha arvensis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

All Europe, Black Sea, Caucasus, Siberia. If M. canadensis is treated as synonymous (it is often treated as a separate subspecies or species), the range extends to Indochina (Myanmar), Malesia, China, Japan, North America.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Mentha canadensis Linnaeus
Mentha haplocalyx Briquet

Common names
Name
Language
mendra e fushës Albanian
полска мента Bulgarian
menta arvense Catalan
bò hé Chinese
薄荷 Chinese
poljska metvica Croatian
máta rolní Czech
ager-mynte Danish
agermynte Danish
akkermunt Dutch
pepermunt Dutch
corn mint English (GB)
field mint English (US)
põldmünt Estonian
rantaminttu Finnish
baume des champs French
menthe commune French
menthe des champs French
menthe sauvage French
pouliot-thym French
Acker-Minze German
Ackerminze German
Feldminze German
Kornminze German
μέντα Greek
mezei menta Hungarian
mismín arbhair Irish
menta campestre Italian
menta dei campi Italian
menta selvatica Italian
mentastro Italian
hakka Japanese
yôshuhakka Japanese
ハッカ Japanese
ヨウシュハッカ Japanese
tīruma mētra Latvian
dirvinė mėta Lithuanian
åkermynte Norwegian
mięta polna Polish
hortelã-brava Portuguese
izma cerbului Romanian
мята полевая Russian
пољска метвица Serbian
пољска нана Serbian
mäta roľná Slovak
njivska meta Slovene
asanda Spanish
hierba buena de burro Spanish
hierbabuena Spanish
hierbabuena de los campos Spanish
menta Spanish
menta de burro Spanish
menta japonesa Spanish
té del río Spanish
åkermynta Swedish
kır nanesi Turkish
м'ята польова Ukrainian
mintys yr yd Welsh