Taxon: Piper betle L.

Genus:

Piper

Family:

Piperaceae

Nomen number:

28574

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:28. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

23-ene-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 23-ago-1994

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

betel (Source: Dict Gard) - English
betel pepper (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
betelvine (Source: pers. comm.) - English
bétel (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - French
Betelpfeffer (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
betelpeppar (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

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)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

(cult. in paleotropics)

Other

(probable origin Malesia)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Bornstein, A. 1997. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants (Pl Res SEAs) 16:102.

Check other web resources for Piper betle L. :

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas 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.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28574. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.