BETEL LEAF PLANT / PIPER BETEL / PIPER SARMENTOSUM 1 IN INDIA

Package  Contains - 1 Betel Leaf Live Plant  Fast Growing BETEL LEAF PLANT BOTANICAL NAME:Piper sarmentosum COMMON NAMES: wild pepper, kadok, bai cha plu,cha plu, bai som phou, sirih dudu, daun kaduk, betel pepper, la lot FAMILY: Piperaceae ORIGIN: Thailand and Vietnam PLANT DESCRIPTION Betel leaf is a completely different plant to Betel pepper Piper betle, which is chewed with betel nut. It is an evergreen, perennial creeper to 90 cm. It has shiny heart-shaped leaves with small white flower spikes. It prefers a rich, well-drained soil with partial shade. It likes to be kept moist but does not tolerate waterlogging. Frost will damage the leaves but not kill the plant once it is well established. It makes a good groundcover under trees