Try these plants to repel mosquitoes in summer, they are absolutely safe and effective!

Try these plants to repel mosquitoes in summer, they are absolutely safe and effective!

As we all know, plants have many functions, among which many summer plants have the effect of repelling mosquitoes. Today, the editor will take stock of plants that have mosquito repellent effects. Please continue reading.

Mint

It contains medicinal ingredients such as menthol and menthone, and has a special fragrant aroma that will make mosquitoes dizzy when they smell it.

Jasmine

It contains medicinal ingredients such as jasmine flavonoids and mannitol, and has a strong floral fragrance. Placing it indoors in the summer can keep mosquitoes away.

Geranium

It contains effective ingredients such as citronellol and citral, and has bactericidal and insect repellent effects. It smells slightly like rose, and mosquitoes and flies will flee when they smell it. It is forbidden for pregnant women to use.

Lavender

It contains active ingredients such as linalyl acetate and linalool, and is known as the "Queen of Vanilla". It has small blue-purple flowers, and its light fragrance repels insects and has a calming effect.

Tuberose

It contains medicinal ingredients such as aromatic alcohol. Every summer and autumn, it will bloom clusters of yellow-green bell-shaped flowers with a strong fragrance. This fragrance scares mosquitoes, making it a good mosquito repellent, but it should not be kept indoors for a long time.

Mosquito repellent grass

It contains medicinal ingredients such as citronellal and emits a lemon scent all year round. It not only repels mosquitoes but also purifies the air.

Seven-mile Fragrant

It contains medicinal ingredients such as linalool, has small, shiny leaves, dense white flowers, and the leaves give off a strong, spicy and sweet scent to repel mosquitoes. The ancients used it to store books and keep away insects, and placing it under a mat can remove fleas and lice.

Carnivorous Plant

A herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. One plant has hundreds of small yellow flowers. Each flower head has a sticky surface. Mosquitoes can be expelled when they land on it.

Nepenthes

A carnivorous plant with peculiar leaves and an oblong "insect-catching bottle" hanging on the top. The bottle has a lid that can be opened and closed to catch insects.

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