Vietnamese Names: Húng Lũi

Common Culinary Name: Spearmint, Common Mint

Botanical Family & Name: Lamiaceae, Mentha Spicata

Vegetative Description:

Native Habitat: Much of Europe, Mediterranean  and Asia

Tasting Note: Tastes like…mint!

Culinary Uses: Eaten raw. Found on most common herb & salad plates.  Used widely with spring rolls, salads, and almost anything family tradition dictates.

Medicinal Uses: Tea treatment for stomach ache, promotes digestion, colds & flu.

Propagation: Easily propagated by cuttings in water or soil with quickly spreading root runners.  From seed produces a more tender leaf.

Other Names: Sa-Ra-Nay (Thai)

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