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Betel
Species of plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with betel nut, which is the fruit of the areca palm.
For the mixture of betel leaf and areca nut, see Betel nut chewing. For the biblical place, see Bethel.
Betel (Piper betle) is a species of flowering plant in the pepper family Piperaceae, native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen, dioecious[1] vine, with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkins. Betel plants are cultivated for their leaves which are most commonly used as flavoring in chewing areca nut
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Piper |
Species: | P. betle |
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Piper betle | |
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