Lamiaceae Mentha arvensis L.

Canadian Mint

Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Spice

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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Scientific name: Mentha arvensis L.
USDA symbol: MEAR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Mint
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Used as flavoring with meats or corn meal mush.

RECRD: 42022 id: 22697

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