Lamiaceae Mentha arvensis L.
Canadian Mint
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Pediatric Aid
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 40
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Mentha arvensis L.
Scientific name: Mentha arvensis L.
USDA symbol: MEAR4 (
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Common names: Canadian Mint
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Roots used for prenatal snake infection.
RECRD: 89576 id: 22696