Organic Long-leaved Mint Seeds (Mentha longifolia)

Perennial herb. Creeping rhizomes are located horizontally in the soil at a depth of 10-15 cm. Stems 110-140 cm high, branched, well leafy, tetrahedral, erect. Leaves sessile or with short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, up to 15cm long and 2-3.5cm wide, serrate-toothed along the edge, densely pubescent with soft hairs.

The flowers are small, pinkish-lilac or purple, collected in whorled racemose inflorescences. The fruit consists of four brown nuts. Widespread wild.

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Outwardly, mint infusions are used for rinsing and lotions for sore throat, toothache, periodontal disease, mouth ulcers, ear pain, for bathing children with rickets and scrofula. The aerial parts of fresh plants contain 0.08-0.15% ascorbic acid, 0.3-0.5% essential oil. Its greatest amount is found in the leaves before the buds appear. The oil is light yellow in color with a pleasant smell, contains menthol, pulegon, menthone and carvacrol. Linalool has been found in some forms of oil.

Long-leaved mint has long been cultivated and used as a spice: before flowering - the entire aerial part, during the flowering period - only leaves. The essential oil isolated from the plant is used in the pharmaceutical, soap and perfume industries, in the confectionery and liquor industries, and in the production of green cheese.