Peppermint: Species of plant (peppermint)
The Peppermint is a hybrid plant of the mint family.
It is originally from Europe, but grown and sold all over the world. It is a hybrid of watermint and spearmint. Carolus Linnaeus first described the plant in 1753, from samples that had been collected in England. He treated it as a species, but modern biology mostly treats it as a hybrid.
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The peppermint is found in some medications, in particular Skumin’s mixture.
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