Mentha cunninghamii. Hīoi. New Zealand mint.
Māori names
moki, mokimoki. Williams is given as the source of these names in Cheeseman 1925, but the names do not appear related to Mentha in the 1971 dictionary). Williams says moki, mokimoki is Phymatodes scandens (now Microsorum scandens)
Common names
Medicinal
Used as diaphoretic (to induce perspiration) (Colenso 1868a ; Bell 1890).
Related pharmacology in Brooker, Cambie and Cooper 1987.
See Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.
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28 May 2007
21 June 2020