Where can I find information on "cool mint" herb?

I bought cool mint from the grocery store, but I can't find information about it online? Does it go by a different name?

Where can I find information on "cool mint" herb?
I'm sure it does and it must be one of these

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha
Reply:Mentha (mint) or cool mint is a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, seven from Australia, one in North America, and the others from Europe and Asia; several hybrids also occur.



They are aromatic perennial herbs, growing to 10-120 cm tall, with wide-spreading underground rhizomes and erect, branched stems. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, simple oblong to lanceolate, often downy, and with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in clusters ('verticils') on an erect spike, white to purple, the corolla two-lipped with four subequal lobes, the upper lobe usually the largest. The fruit is a small dry capsule containing 1-4 seeds.



Species

Mentha aquatica – Water mint, or Marsh mint

Mentha arvensis – Corn Mint, Wild Mint and Japanese Peppermint

Mentha arvensis var. sachalinensis" - Sachalin Mint

Mentha asiatica

Mentha australis

Mentha canadensis (syn. M. arvensis var. canadensis)

Mentha cervina

Mentha citrata (syn. M. odorata) – Bergamot mint (smells like Bergamot)

Mentha crispata

Mentha cunninghamii

Mentha dahurica

Mentha diemenica

Mentha gattefossei

Mentha grandiflora

Mentha haplocalyx

Mentha japonica

Mentha kopetdaghensis

Mentha laxiflora

Mentha longifolia - Horse Mint

Mentha pulegium – Pennyroyal

Mentha requienii – Corsican mint

Mentha sachalinensis

Mentha satureioides

Mentha spicata (syn. M. viridis) – Spearmint, Curly mint

Mentha suaveolens (syn. M. rotundifolia) – Apple mint (smells like apples) and Pineapple mint (a variegated cultivar of Apple mint)

Mentha vagans

Selected hybrids

Mentha × dalmatica (M. arvensis × M. longifolia)

Mentha × dumetorum (M. aquatica × M. longifolia)

Mentha × gracilis (M. arvensis × M. spicata) - Bushy Mint

Mentha × maximilianea (M. aquatica × M. suaveolens)

Mentha × muelleriana (M. arvensis × M. suaveolens)

Mentha × piperita (M. aquatica × M. spicata) – Peppermint, also called Chocolate mint

Mentha × rotundifolia (M. longifolia × M. suaveolens) - False Apple-mint

Mentha x smithiana (M. aquatica × M. arvensis × M. spicata)

Mentha × verticillata (M. arvensis × M. aquatica)

Mentha × villosa (M. spicata × M. suaveolens; syn. M. cordifolia) - Apple-mint

Mentha x villosonervata (M. longifolia × M. spicata) - Sharp-toothed Mint

Mints are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Buff Ermine.



Methyl salicylate commonly called "oil of wintergreen" is often used as a mint in foods and candies due to its mint like flavor.



Contents [hide]

1 Cultivation and uses

1.1 Diseases

1.2 Medicinal and cosmetic uses

2 References and external links







[edit] Cultivation and uses

Mints are growing vigorous, spreading plants that tolerate a wide range of conditions, but thrive where there's abundance of water. They can be highly invasive plants, so caution should be taken in cultivation or it can take over an entire garden.





The most common and popular mints for cultivation are peppermint (Mentha × piperita), spearmint (Mentha spicata), and (more recently) pineapple mint (Mentha suaveolens). The dark green leaves have a pleasant warm, fresh, aromatic, sweet flavor with a cool aftertaste. Mint essential oils are used to flavor food, candy, teas, breath fresheners, antiseptic mouth rinses, and toothpaste. Mint leaves are used in teas, beverages, jellies, syrups, and ice creams. In Mid-Eastern cuisines, mint is used on lamb dishes. In British cuisine, mint sauce is popular with lamb. Mint leaves generally refer to spearmint leaves. Pennyroyal and Corsican Mint have a much stronger odor and flavor, and potentially harmful medicinal effects. Pennyroyal resembles the other mints, but Corsican mint is unusual in the fact that it is a low, mossy ground-covering plant. The pineapple mint is particularly mild and popular.



Mint essential oil and menthol are extensively used as flavorings in drinks, chewing gum and desserts/candies; see mint (candy) and mint chocolate. The substances that give the mints their characteristic aromas and flavors are:



menthol: the main aroma of Spearmint, Peppermint, and Japanese Peppermint (a major commercial source).

pulegone: in Pennyroyal and Corsican Mint.

The mint family, Lamiaceae, includes many other aromatic herbs, including most of the more common cooking herbs, including basil, rosemary, sage, oregano, and catnip. In common usage, several other plants with fragrant leaves may be erroneously called a mint. Vietnamese Mint, commonly used in Southeast Asian cuisine, is not a member of the mint family. In Central and South America, mint is known as yerbabuena (literally, "good herb"), and in Pakistan, it's called Podeena.



Mint leaves are often used by many campers to repel mosquitoes. It is also said that extracts from mint leaves have a particular mosquito killing capability. However, the only compound scientifically proven to repel mosquitoes is deet.



Mint oil is also being used as an environmentally friendly insecticide for its ability to kill some common pests like wasps, hornets, ants and cockroaches.





[edit] Diseases

Main article: List of mint diseases



[edit] Medicinal and cosmetic uses

Mint was originally used as a medicinal herb to treat stomach ache and chest pains. During the middle ages, powdered mint leaves were used to whiten teeth. Mint tea is a strong diuretic. Mint also aids digestion.



Menthol from mint essential oil (40-90%) is an ingredient of many cosmetics and some perfumes. Menthol and mint essential oil are also much used in medicine as a component of many drugs, and are very popular in aromatherapy.



A common use is as an antipruritic, especially in insect bite treatments (often along with camphor).



It is also used in cigarettes as an additive, because it blocks out the bitter taste of tobacco and soothes the throat.



It is commonly used as a word to describe something good by a chav or chavette.

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