Piper betle L.

  • Filed As

    Piperaceae
    Piper betle L.

  • Collector(s)

    H. Matsuo 89, 3 Dec 1994

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Morobe. Beside of the creek in Bitoi mountain, 7.5 km EES from Wau town.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04157897

    Occurrence ID: 5fee3c49-1e66-4a93-ab89-29dc606c1c8a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Piperales

  • Family

    Piperaceae

  • All Determinations

    Piper betle L.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Papua New Guinea

  • State/Province

    Morobe

  • Locality

    Beside of the creek in Bitoi mountain, 7.5 km EES from Wau town.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1180 m. (3871 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -7.33, 146.78

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica] [Vernacular name: Nasingalatu, village in Morobe province, Papua New Guinea.]

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Country:	Papua NewGuinea
Name :	Piper betle L.
Family name: Piperaceae
Locality: 1180m Long,/Lat,: 7° 20' S 146° 47"
Beside of the creek in Bitoi mountain ,
7.5km EES from Wau town.
Habitat:	Lower montane zone
Vernacular Name : Bala(Nasingalatu),
Use:	The leaves are heated and the juice is
applied to sores. Widely used in Asia for
chewing along with lime and betel pepper.
Date:	3/12/1994
Description : Climber, leaves 5 -9 nerved, acuminate.
Dioecious. Flowers in pendulous, solitary
spikes. The fruit is a cylindrical, fleshy,
composite of berries.
H. Matsuo Collection No. 89
04157897