Mentha

Mentha arvensis have been known from the immemorial time as kitchen herbs and also as the medicinal herbs of the ancient human civilization. Mints plant belongs to family Lamiaceae and genus Mentha. It is polyploidy with chromosome no (2n) = 96. Japanese mint is one of the important commercial crops in central and tarai region of Uttar Pradesh and mostly cultivated in South Himalayan range, Northern Indo-Gangetic Plains, U.P. and some part of Bihar.