Betel Nut Plant
It is a tradition to have it at a wedding.
Betel nut plant. The betel piper betle is a vine belonging to the piperaceae family which includes pepper and kava. Betel leaf is mostly consumed in asia and elsewhere in the world by some asian emigrants as betel quid or in paan with areca nut andor tobacco. Betel leaf plant piper betel is a creeper grown in india. It belongs to the pepper family.
Its waxy green heart shaped leaves are used for it belongs to the pepper family. Its waxy green heart shaped leaves are used for medicinal and culinary purposes. Purchase a betel leaf plant from a local nursery if you do not want to plant betel leaf plant seeds. Otherwise you can propagate it from cutting.
Cut about 18 cm long of stem from a betel plant using a sharp knife. Make a 45 degree cut just under the leaf node. Remove the leaves from the cutting except for the two leaves on top. Then place the cutting in a bowl of fresh water to soak.
This lead us to chewing on the betel nut not beetle nut though pronounced the same a green golfball sized fruit of a areca palm that is suppose to be addictive and give you sexual prowess. Climate to grow for betel nut supari areca tree. The cultivation of arecanut is mostly confined to 28o north and south of the equator. It grows well within the temperature range of 14oc and 36oc and is adversely affected by temperatures below 10oc and above 40oc.
Betel also called paan pinang or penang either of two different plants whose leaves and seeds are used in combination for chewing purposes throughout wide areas of southern asia and the east indies. The nut may be used fresh dried or cured by boiling baking or roasting. The quid is a mixture of areca nut tobacco and lime wrapped in the leaf of the betel vine piper betel l. Scientific names areca catechu l.
Palmaceae palms common names areca nut paan paan gutkha pinlang pinang and supari. Betel nut has a long history in south and southeast asia and the pacific basin. In guam and other pacific islands its use can be traced back as far as 2000 years. There is a folklore story behind the betel nut in vietnam.