Back نعناع مدبب Arabic نعناع مدبب ARZ Mentha spicata AST Sünbüllü nanə Azerbaijani سونبوللو نانه AZB Джоджен Bulgarian পুদিনা Bengali/Bangla Menta de bou Catalan Mentha spicata CEB Mentha spicata Corsican
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Mentha |
| Species: | M. spicata
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| Mentha spicata | |
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(of M. spicata subsp. condensata)[4]
(of M. spicata subsp. spicata)[5]
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Spearmint (Mentha spicata), also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint,[6][7] is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east.[8] It is naturalized in many other temperate parts of the world, including northern and southern Africa, North America, and South America.[9][10] It is used as a flavouring in food and herbal teas. The aromatic oil, called oil of spearmint, is also used as a flavoring and sometimes as a scent.
The species and its subspecies have many synonyms, including Mentha crispa, Mentha crispata, and Mentha viridis.
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- ^ "Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "Mentha spicata subsp. spicata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ Seidemann, Johannes (2005). World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. New York: Springer. p. 229. ISBN 978-3-540-22279-8.
- ^ "Mentha spicata, spearmint". RHS Gardening. Royal Horticultural Society. Archived from the original on 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ "Mentha spicata Spearmint". Kew Plants. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 238 留兰香 liu lan xiang Mentha spicata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 576. 1753". Efloras.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2018-08-16.