Japanese Mint (Mentha Arvensis) is a perennial herb with creeping root stalk and an erect stem, 1-2 quadrangulate branched with short dense hair. Leaves are 2.5 – 5cm long, oblong-ovate. Flowers are in auxiliary whorls, none at the top. Plant rises to a height of 0.4-0.8 mtr. Branching freely, flowers appearing in May-June and again in September-November under cultivation. Pepper Mint (Mentha piperita), Bergamot Mint (Mentha citrata) and Spear Mint (Mentha Spicata) are also commercially cultivated though on a lesser scale. These species are morphologically variant to that of Japanese Mint.
 
Indian name for Mint:
Hindi : Pudina Bengali : Pudina Gujarati : Pudina Kashmiri : Pudyanu Malayalam : Puthina Marathi : Pudina Punjabi : Pudina Tamil : Pudina Telugu : Pudina Urdu : Pudina
Foreign name for Mint:
Arabic : Eqama Chinese : Pak hom ho Dutch : Pepermunt French : Meuthe anglaise German : Pfefferminze Greek : Menta Italian : Menta peperina Spanish : Menta/ Piperita Turkish : Nane