Talk:Mentha

message: The article is not properly associated with the taxobox which refers to M. vulgaris. As the name mint is not restricted t o  one species, it should be removed. I'm also not sure  that there is a currently acknowledged species called vulgaris. Imc 10:00, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Isn't most of the mint used in America and Canada grown in a small valley in the mountains of Oregon?  --McDogm 18:47, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oregon 

message: The two most common/popular mint plants/flavors in the English-speaking world are conspicuously absent from this article. Is there some specific subcategory of "mint" the article addresses, or have they just been overlooked?
I'm pretty sure they belong here, so I'm adding them. If they don't, just chop it out again... Kaz 05:22, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spearmint? Peppermint? 

message: Some of the information given here (e.g. cultivation, medicinal uses) refers to only one or two species, and therefore should be moved to the respective articles. Jorge Stolfi 03:48, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Move to sub-articles

message: My friends and I were in the woods, so we were naturally brushing up against many different plants and trees, and i happened to catch a minty smell on my hand. Do mint plants grow in the wild?
* Yes!  Mint is very much a plant that grows in the wild.  In fact, most people consider it a type of weed (as well as a herb). -- Jcgarcow 13:18, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mint plants growing in the wild? 

message: Chocolate Mint redirects to peppermint and they are listed under the same hybrid mix. Are they the same? I can't seem to find any information. This page: http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/gilbert/mint.htm lists them as two different ones, but it might not be reliable.
~~ Is it true.... NO..none of this stuf abouts mant is true. hah you just got all that wrong on a paper!!! =o ~~
that you can't taste mint until you smell it? -- AS Artimour 00:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Chocolate Mint vs Peppermint

message: - Besides Hybrids, there are different varieties and cultivars of mint. I'm a bit new here, but I believe they should have at least a partial section. Or is it more appropriate to list sub-species within the specific specie entry? Jeremywosborne 00:36, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends upon what you mean by "far-distant cousin."  Apes are "far-distant cousins of seahorses."  Is that close enough?  If you're really interested in the topic the internet is a great place to research random theories that pop up in your mind.  KP Botany 04:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mint Varieties and Cultivars

message: I added Mentha nemorosa to the species list. I don't have a reference but it's mentioned in the Yerba Buena article. I hope I am not propagating mis-information. Anyone know about this? Rees11 15:21, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nemorosa 

message: The article is a bit vague about the culinary applications in savoury foods, i.e. which species is used in the mint sauce/jelly served with roast lamb in the UK? It also doesn't mention the common British practice of boiling potatoes in minted water. Which species is used for this? I once tasted a homemade chocolate cake baked with the wrong variety of mint (supposed to be peppermint), and it reminded me of boiled potatoes! Mtford 18:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that would be M. suaveolens, Apple mint. Rees11 (talk) 08:00, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which species used for mint sauce/jelly, etc? 

message: The article suggests mint as a slang term. This may well be true but surely it is not mint as in the plant, but mint as in the process of making coins. It's mint because it is genuine not because you can make it into tea!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.66.230.39 (talk) 22:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The slang 

message: According to GRIN, M. cordifolia is a synonyn for M. Spicata not for M × villosa, so I moved it.   --207.180.187.46 (talk) 23:26, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  M. cordifolia 

message: If anyone else gets ambitious about synonyms, there is a great source here: --207.180.187.46 (talk) 23:25, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synonyms 

message: I did google book and scholar searches and came up with hundreds of references, but almost none that I would consider reliable. There is a 1935 Popular Mechanics item, right next to the story about the walking talking robot that also smokes. The most reliable source I could find actually debunks the digestion claim. 
Those sources that do claim it aids digestion usually specify oil of peppermint but do not cite any sources of their own. I couldn't find any primary source but I only spent about two minutes looking. Rees11 (talk) 04:46, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aids digestion? 

message: If anyone knows how Coolmint fits in, please add it to the article.  -- TimNelson (talk) 03:50, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coolmint 

message: Should this edit be reverted? πr2 (t • c) 18:53, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The article does not specify what kind of Mentha is used to give the characteristic flavor and aroma to ice creams, candies, desserts, etc.. It is the main reason why a reader (including myself) would read this article in the first place, I think it would be nice to add this information.-José Furtado (talk) 00:00, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of specification in the culinary section 

message: I know there is more then just one type of mint, I want this article to tell me about the varieties in Mentha, maybe link to other articles about said mints. 136.36.54.236 (talk) 14:16, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Types of mint?