Betel
- Product number: 831230.1
- Origin: South and Southeast Asia
- Latin: Betel pepper
This pungent leaf pepper is a very popular, invigorating chewing product in Asia. Filled with nuts, lemon, tobacco, and spices (cloves). Medicinal properties are attributed to this "betel quid". This climber can be placed outdoors in a shady spot during the summer and kept indoors as a houseplant in winter.
Denominations:
Latin: Piper betle
Dutch: Betel
Also known as: Sirih, Sireh, Leaf Pepper
English: Betel
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- Flower colour: Inconspicuous, small
- Average growth height: Greater than 200 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Multi-year
- Hardy: Not frost resistant
- Origin: South and Southeast Asia
- Ease of cultivation: Challenging
- Latin: Betel pepper
- Dutch: Betel
- Also known as: Betel
- English: Betel
