Taxon: Piper betle L.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• betel   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• betel pepper   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• betelvine   (Source: A. Bornstein, p.c.) – English
  
• bétel   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 6:102.) – French
  
• Betelpfeffer   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• betelpeppar   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Pl Res SEAs 16:103. 2000)
  
• Social: masticatory   (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:102. 2000)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:102. 2000)
  
• Social: stimulant   (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:102. 2000)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• cultivated in paleotropics

• probable origin Malesia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Bornstein, A. 1997. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Howard, R. 1988. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [cultivated].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
• Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. P. 16:102 in: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Piper betle.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Piper betle.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Piper betle.

Check other web resources for Piper betle L.:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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