Botanical name:- Piper betel
Family name:- PIPERACEAE
English name :-Betel
Sinhala name:-Bulath
Tamil names :-verrilai, vettilai, Vettila (Mal), Tamalapaku (Tel), veeleya/vilya (K),Vidyache pan (Marathi)
Sanskirt name:-nagavalli, tambula
Description:-
Perennial vine ; stem semi woody ; climbing by means of adventitious rootles; nodes thickened; young parts glabrous . Leaves 15-20 cm long, cordate at base; petioles 1.8-2.5 cm long ; stipules membraneous, enclosing the bud. Flowers dioecious in dense cylindrical spikes. Fruits quite immersed in fleshy spikes. Grown as a commercial crop in various parts of Sri Lanka.
Status:-Under cultivation
Edible parts:-Leaves
Sinhala name:-Bulath
Tamil names :-verrilai, vettilai, Vettila (Mal), Tamalapaku (Tel), veeleya/vilya (K),Vidyache pan (Marathi)
Sanskirt name:-nagavalli, tambula
Description:-
Perennial vine ; stem semi woody ; climbing by means of adventitious rootles; nodes thickened; young parts glabrous . Leaves 15-20 cm long, cordate at base; petioles 1.8-2.5 cm long ; stipules membraneous, enclosing the bud. Flowers dioecious in dense cylindrical spikes. Fruits quite immersed in fleshy spikes. Grown as a commercial crop in various parts of Sri Lanka.
Status:-Under cultivation
Edible parts:-Leaves
Distribution:- India, Burma,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and other parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia
Ayurvedic usage:-
Treatment fore:-Infertility, Fever, Smallpox, Lymphangitis, Gastric disorders, Catarrh, Diphtheria, Ulcers, Worm infestation, Hypertension, Filariasis. Cuts, Wounds, Coughs, Boils, Night blindness
Treatment fore:-Infertility, Fever, Smallpox, Lymphangitis, Gastric disorders, Catarrh, Diphtheria, Ulcers, Worm infestation, Hypertension, Filariasis. Cuts, Wounds, Coughs, Boils, Night blindness
Parts used to make medicine:-Roots, Leaves,
Propagation:-Stem cutting