Piper Betle

Piper betle
Family: Piperaceae
Betel leaf
Origin: India
The plant grows widely over the entire area between South Arabia and Southeast China.

Betel - Piper betle
Betiguera - Humulus lupulus
Betónica - Stachys officinalis
Betuna - Stachys officinalis
Bicacarero - Canarina canariensis
Bicácaro - Canarina canariensis
Biengranada - Chenopodium botrys
Bieso - Betula verrucosa ...

Ju Jiang (Medicinal Name) [Chinese]: Piper betle
Ju Ju [Chinese]: Cichorium intybus
Ju La Zong [Chinese]: Copernicia gigas
Ju Lin Suo Luo Shuang [Chinese]: Shorea squamata
Ju Mo Yu [Chinese]: Amorphophallus titanum ...

The first is betel pepper (Piper betle ) whose large, astringent leaves are employed all over South and South East Asia for the famous betel bit; I do not know of any other use.

See also: Zingiber, Hyssop, Tamarindus, Juniperus, Nasturtium