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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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⚫ |name = ''Minthostachys mollis''
|image = Muña.jpg |image = Muña.jpg
⚫ |genus = Minthostachys
|regnum = ]
⚫ |species = mollis
|unranked_divisio = ]
⚫ |authority = (]) ]
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⚫ |species = '''''M. mollis'''''
|binomial = ''Minthostachys mollis''
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'''''Minthostachys mollis''''' ('''muña''') is a ] restricted to the South American Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is the most variable and widely distributed species of the genus '']''. '''''Minthostachys mollis''''' is a ] restricted to the South American ] from ] to ]. It is the most variable and widely distributed species of the genus '']''. Its common name '''''muña''''' comes from ]. Other local names include ''tipo'', ''tipollo'', ''poleo''.<ref name=Alkire>
{{cite journal
| last = Alkire
| first = Ben
| year = 1994
| title = Tipo, Minthostachys mollis (Lamiaceae): an Ecuadorian mint
| url =
| journal = ]
| volume = 48
| issue = 1
| pages = 60–64
| doi = 10.1007/BF02901380
| s2cid = 5181013
| doi-access=
}}
</ref>


==Medicinal uses== ==Medicinal uses==
In the ] traditions of the ], the plant is made into tea and used medicinally as a ] and ]. In the ] traditions of the ], the plant is made into tea and used medicinally as a ] and ].{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

==Etymology==
Its common name ''"muña"'' comes from the ] word ''"muñay,"'' to love.<ref>{{cite book |title=Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell|last=Classen|first=Constance||coauthors= David Howes, Anthony Synnott|year=1994 |publisher=Routledge|isbn= 978-0415114721|}}</ref>


==Chemical characteristics== ==Chemical characteristics==
The principal components of ] are as follows: The principal components of ] are as follows:
*]
*Pulegona
*]
*Mentona
*]
*Mentol
*(-)-ß-pineno *(−)-]
*(-)-α-pineno *(−)-]
*]
*limoneno
*]
*Isomentona
*]
*Ácido piperínico
*]
*1-8-cineol
*]
*Carvone


In the flowering tops 19 compounds were identified in the essential oil, predominantly 29% ], 24% ], 20% ], and 8% ].<ref name=Alkire/>
==Notes==
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==References== ==References==
⚫ {{Reflist}}
*], ARS, GRIN. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. (7 September 2008)

==External links==
*{{GRIN}}

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Species of flowering plant

Minthostachys mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Minthostachys
Species: M. mollis
Binomial name
Minthostachys mollis
(Kunth) Griseb.

Minthostachys mollis is a medicinal plant restricted to the South American Andes from Peru to Bolivia. It is the most variable and widely distributed species of the genus Minthostachys. Its common name muña comes from Quechua. Other local names include tipo, tipollo, poleo.

Medicinal uses

In the indigenous medicine traditions of the Andes, the plant is made into tea and used medicinally as a carminative and aphrodisiac.

Chemical characteristics

The principal components of essential oil are as follows:

In the flowering tops 19 compounds were identified in the essential oil, predominantly 29% neomenthol, 24% menthone, 20% menthol, and 8% piperitone.

References

  1. ^ Alkire, Ben (1994). "Tipo, Minthostachys mollis (Lamiaceae): an Ecuadorian mint". Economic Botany. 48 (1): 60–64. doi:10.1007/BF02901380. S2CID 5181013.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Minthostachys mollis
Bystropogon mollis


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