Mentha ×piperita (leaf)

Nomenclature

Mentha x piperita L.   Lamiaceae  
Standardized common name (English): peppermint

Botanical Voucher Specimen

Peppermint Botanical Voucher Specimen - Alkemists Laboratories Source: Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories	Peppermint Botanical Voucher Specimen - Alkemists Laboratories (2/3) Source: Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories	Peppermint Botanical Voucher Specimen - Alkemists Laboratories (3/3) Source: Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories

Microscopic Characteristics

Peppermint (leaf) (Mentha piperita) L., Labiatae.Leaves with stomata above and below, few above; vertical walls thin, wavy. Large, long, rather thick-walled, three to seven celled simple trichromes with short linear to warty cuticular thickenings. Large bladdery glandular trichromes with six to eight secreting cells. Small secreting trichromes with a single terminal secreting cell. Besides this there is present stem tissue, as epidermis, collenchyma, parenchyma, tracheids and ducts. Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.