Minthostachys mollis

Minthostachys mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Minthostachys
Species:	M. mollis
Binomial name
	Minthostachys mollis; (Kunth) Griseb.

Minthostachys mollis (muña) is a medicinal plant restricted to the South American Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is the most variable and widely distributed species of the genus Minthostachys.

In the indigenous medicine traditions of the Andes, the plant is made into tea and used medicinally as a carminative and aphrodisiac. Its common name "muña" comes from the Quechuan word "muñay," to love.^[1]

References

^ Classen, Constance (1994). Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415114721. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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[1] Classen, Constance (1994). Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415114721. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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