EPPO Global Database

Mentha pulegium(MENPU)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MENPU
  • Preferred name: Mentha pulegium
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Europe (except north), Mediterranean, Central Asia, Western Asia, eastern Africa. Cultivated as a medicinal plant, for example in China. Introduced in North and South America, New Zealand

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Common names
Name Language
pennyroyal English
pennyroyal mint English
Poleiminze German
frétillet French
herbe aux puces French
herbe de Saint Laurent French
menthe pouliot French
pouliot French
hierba buena Spanish
hierba cuquera Spanish
hierba pulguera Spanish
menta legítima Spanish
menta natural Spanish
menta poleo Spanish
poleo Spanish
poleo común Spanish
poleo del campo Spanish
poleo manchado Spanish
poleo menta Spanish
poleo real Spanish
poleo silvestre Spanish
tanagel Spanish
té del campo Spanish
té poleo Spanish
menta poleggio Italian
menta puleggia Italian
puleggio Italian
polei Dutch
poleimunt Dutch
hortelã-dos-açores Portuguese
hortelã-pimenta-mansa Portuguese
poejo Portuguese
poejos Portuguese
poleijmynta Swedish
megusahakka Japanese
メグサハッカ Japanese
мята блошница Russian
мята болотная Russian
yarpuz Turkish
na'na hakkaddurim Hebrew
נַענַע הַכַּדּוּרִים Hebrew
mięta polej Polish
csombormenta Hungarian
mendër Albanian
mendër kënete Albanian
mendra e egër Albanian
menta Aragonese
poleo Aragonese
txortalda Basque
див джоджен Bulgarian
полски джоджен Bulgarian
приятна мента Bulgarian
brosseta de riu Catalan
herba cuquera Catalan
herba de la muntanya Catalan
herba dels estanys Catalan
herba de mal de ven Catalan
herba de menta Catalan
herba de Sant Ponç Catalan
poliol Catalan
poliol d'aigua Catalan
poliol menta Catalan
poliol negre Catalan
poniol d'aigua Catalan
poniol de riera Catalan
poniol negre Catalan
puliol Catalan
chún è bò he Chinese
唇萼薄荷 Chinese
mirisna metvica Croatian
máta polej Czech
polej obecná Czech
plejju Maltese
menta d'aur Occitan
busuiocul cerbilor Romanian
барска нана Serbian
дробна метвица Serbian
коњска нана Serbian
метвица Serbian
пољачак Serbian
пољачак метвица Serbian
mäta sivá Slovak
polej Slovak
polaj Slovene
м'ята блошина Ukrainian
brymlys Welsh