Betel leaves are cultivated throughout southeast Asia.

Betel nuts are sold mostly by old women walking around trying to sell it, but the dried version can be found in most shops which sell tea, alcohol and cigarettes.

Betel nuts are, after all, an agricultural product.

Production of Betel nut is also a sustaining business of Mon state, as the Mon pheasants preserved their heredity land onwards along with the government regulations, however, there are some many parts of uncultivated crude land in the area closed to neighbour Karen state.

Betel leaf has a fresh, peppery taste, but it can also be bitter to varying degrees depending on the variety.

File: Betel container. jpg | Betel container, 19th century, Filigree work in gold on a gold ground, outlined with bands of rubies and imitation emeralds, Mandalay, Burma

Café Lou is a dive bar in Gretchen Town, New Betel.

The Betel ( Piper betle ) is the leaf of a vine belonging to the Piperaceae family, which includes pepper and Kava.

Betel leaf is mostly consumed in Asia, and elsewhere in the world by some Asian emigrants, as betel quid or paan, with or without tobacco, in an addictive psycho-stimulating and euphoria-inducing formulation with adverse health effects.

Betel leaf and Areca nut consumption in the world.

Betel requires high land and especially fertile soil.

Betel needs constantly moist soil, but there should not be excessive moisture.

Betel is an important part of the economy in rural Bangladesh.

Betel quid is also strongly carcinogenic.

Betel nut beauties often hail from agricultural and working-class sectors of Taiwanese society.

Examples of herbs where a high degree of confidence of a risk long term adverse effects can be asserted include ginseng, which is unpopular among herbalists for this reason, the endangered herb goldenseal, milk thistle, senna, against which herbalists generally advise and rarely use, aloe vera juice, buckthorn bark and berry, cascara sagrada bark, saw palmetto, valerian, kava, which is banned in the European Union, St. John's wort, Khat, Betel nut, the restricted herb Ephedra, and Guarana.

Betel nut chewing is associated with an increased risk of squamous cell cancer of the head and neck.

File: Betal bag, West Timor, 1921-Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde München-DSC08346. JPG | A Betel bag from West Timor, made around 1921.

Pre-and post-dinner Betel nut ( Paan ) chewing is very popular, along with chewing tobacco.

Main fruits: Mango, Jackfruit, Litchi, Banana, Blackberry, Papaya, Guava, Coconut and Betel nut.

* Main crops: Paddy, Tea, Wheat, Potato, Jute, Ground nut, Betel leaf and Oil seed.

When they have 4 to 6 leaves and are thrifty little plants, it's time to set them out where they are to remain.

When Siamese cats are intertwined it is difficult to tell where one leaves off and another begins.

Algae lack the various structures that characterize land plants, such as phyllids ( leaves ) and rhizoids in nonvascular plants, or leaves, roots, and other organs that are found in tracheophytes ( vascular plants ).

Carrot, celery and parsley are true biennials that are usually grown as annual crops for their edible roots, petioles and leaves, respectively.

Almost all species have a tight cluster of leaves ( a rosette ), either at the base of the plant or at the end of a more-or-less woody stem ; the leaves are less often produced along the stem.

Only in a few cases are leaves produced along the length of the stem.

They are upright perennial herbs ( to about 1. 50 m ), with distinctive leaves.

They are more or less rhizomatous, with spiral leaves and an inflorescence that may form a raceme or a spike.

They are herbs with corms and leaves which are sometimes stalked ( petiolate ) with wide blades.

Members of the family are usually perennial herbs with sword-shaped unifacial leaves ; the inflorescence is a spike or panicle of solitary flowers, or forms a monochasial cyme or rhipidium ( meaning that the successive stems of the flowers follow a zig-zag path in the same plane ); and the flower has only three stamens, each opposite to an outer tepal.

The leaves form a rosette at the base of the plant, and are alternate, distichous, flat, sessile, simple, linear or lanceolate, and parallel veined, with entire margins.

They are relatively robust herbaceous perennials with short rhizomes and leaves forming a rosette, individually linear-oblong, flat, rather fleshy.

The flowers are quite large, blue or white, forming an umbel at the end of a stem ( scape ) which is longer than the leaves.

They are herbaceous perennials with bulbs, and can be identified by their rather fleshy leaves, usually large and attractive flowers, with six stamens and an inferior ovary.

Most Apiaceae are annual, biennial or perennial herbs ( frequently with the leaves aggregated toward the base ), though a minority are shrubs or trees.

Their leaves are of variable size and alternately arranged, or alternate with the upper leaves becoming nearly opposite.

The leaves are 3 – 5 inches long, with a serrated margin and a petiole.

The flowers are white to pale pink, diameter with five petals, produced singly or in pairs and appearing before the leaves in early spring.

A number of species have come to be considered invasive, including, most notably in North America, dandelion, which was originally introduced by European settlers who used the young leaves as a salad green.

Alder leaves and sometimes catkins are used as food by numerous butterflies and moths ; see List of Lepidoptera that feed on alders.

In China, the leaves and stems are used as a stir-fry vegetable, or in soups, and called 苋菜 ( Mandarin Pinyin: xiàncài ; Cantonese Jyutping: jin6 coi3 ) with variations in various dialects ).

In the Caribbean, the leaves are called bhaji in Trinidad and callaloo in Jamaica, and are stewed with onions, garlic and tomatoes, or sometimes used in a soup called pepperpot soup.

Also, coca leaves have been used by South American Indians since ancient times.

The word " apoptosis " () is used in Greek to describe the " dropping off " or " falling off " of petals from flowers, or leaves from trees.

Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance.

The leaves are often used to flavor soups, stews, braises and pâtés in Mediterranean cuisine.

Bay leaves are one of the most widely used culinary herbs in Europe and North America.

The leaves are most often used whole ( sometimes in a bouquet garni ) and removed before serving ( they can be abrasive in the digestive tract ).

In Indian and Pakistani cuisine, bay leaves are sometimes used in place of Indian bay leaf, although they have a different flavor.

Crushed bay leaves impart more of their desired fragrance than whole leaves, but are more difficult to remove, and thus they are often used in a muslin bag or tea infuser.

Bay leaves have been used in entomology as the active ingredient in killing jars.

Bay leaves and berries have been used for their astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, diuretic, emetic and stomachic properties.

The characteristic raised scar BCG immunization leaves is often used as proof of prior immunization.

Chives are grown for their leaves, which are used for culinary purposes as a flavoring herb, and provide a somewhat milder flavour than those of other Allium species.

The growing plant repels unwanted insect life, and the juice of the leaves can be used for the same purpose, as well as fighting fungal infections, mildew and scab.

Insect damage to the fossilized leaves of flowering plants from fourteen sites in North America were used as a proxy for insect diversity across the K – T boundary and analyzed to determine the rate of extinction.

Garlic chives and coriander leaves are notable exceptions, although the latter are usually used as mere garnish in most dishes.

The stalks are not usually eaten ( except in soups or stews in French cuisine ), but the leaves may be used in salads, and its seeds are those sold as a spice.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb.

In classical Greece, celery leaves were used as garlands for the dead, and the wreaths of the winners at the Isthmian Games were first made of celery before being replaced by crowns made of pine.

Some common vegetables used in Chinese cuisine include Chinese leaves, bok choy ( Chinese cabbage ), Chinese Spinach ( dao-mieu ), On Choy, Yu Choy, and gailan ( guy-lahn ).

Image: Leavessnipedale. jpg | Chlorophyll gives leaves their green color and absorbs light that is used in photosynthesis.