Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Piperaceae | Genus: Piper | Species: Piper betle L. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Artanthe hexagyna Miq., Betela mastica Raf. |
Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Pan, Nagvel, Nagarvel, Betel Leaf | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Betel, Betel pepper, Betel-vine | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Panamana | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 900 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit very fleshy and often confluent into a cylindric fleshy red mass stout 1-5 in. pendulous |
| Habitat | Occurs in damp and humid forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka | Bark Details | Quite glabrous or with the petioles puberulous stem |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | The betel leaf plant is a branching vine, that may climb as high as 10-15 ft although it often grows as an understory ground cover | Leaf Details | Large coriaceous petioled obliquely ovate-oblong or rounded ovate-cordate 5-7 nerved, base often unequal |
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