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Minthostachys mollis

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Minthostachys mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Minthostachys
Species: M. mollis
Binomial name
Minthostachys mollis
(Kunth) Griseb.

Minthostachys mollis is a medicinal plant restricted to the South American Andes from Peru Venezuela to Bolivia. It is the most variable and widely distributed species of the genus Minthostachys. Its common name "muña" comes from Quechua. Other local names include tipo, tipollo, poleo.

Medicinal uses

In the indigenous medicine traditions of the Andes, the plant is made into tea and used medicinally as a carminative and aphrodisiac.

Chemical characteristics

The principal components of essential oil are as follows:

In the flowering tops 19 compounds were identified in the essential oil, predominantly 29% neomenthol, 24% menthone, 20% menthol, and 8% piperitone.

References

  1. ^ Alkire, Ben (1994). "Tipo, Minthostachys mollis (Lamiaceae): an Ecuadorian mint". Economic Botany. 48 (1): 60–64. doi:10.1007/BF02901380. S2CID 5181013.

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Taxon identifiers
Minthostachys mollis
Bystropogon mollis


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