Piper betle L.

PIPER BETLE Linn.: Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 22 (betel) ; ed. 2 (1845) 16;
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 30, t. 12.
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. The
species is locally cultivated to supply the demand for betle leaf
for use with the seed of Areca catechu for chewing, the mixture*
with lime, being locally called buyo. A form of the species is
common in thickets in some regions, but this wild form is not
or but little used by the Filipinos. The Tagalog name of the
betle pepper is icmo or itmo. Piper blancoi Merr. Philip. Journ.
Sci. 1 (1906) 40 is a synonym.
Illustrative specimen from cultivated plants, Pasay, Rizal Prov-
ince, Luzon, February, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No.
885).
825* Hper "betle Linn.; Blanoo
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