| Latin name | Mentha arvensis L. | | Family | Lamiaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | pudīnā, pūtihā | | Identified with (Hin) | pudīnā | | Identified with (Tam) | putīṉā | | Identified with (Mal) | putīna | | Identified with (Eng) | Mint | | Botanical info | An aromatic herb up to 60 cm high, growing in western Himalayas, cultivated throughout India, leaves simple, opposite, shortly petioled, flowers lilac in axillary distant whorls, fruits nutlets, smooth | | Search occurrence | pudīnā, pūtihā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Mentha arvensis L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2764)
putīṉā: Mint
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