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.

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

Betel has a sex ratio of 962 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 85. 4 %.

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.

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.

* Pan, also spelled Paan, a North Indian term for Betel, often mixed with tobacco and lime for chewing as a mouth freshener

Betel quid is also strongly carcinogenic.

The term Betel nut beauty ( also betel nut girl-) refers to a common sight along roadsides in Taiwan: a young woman selling betel nuts and cigarettes from a brightly lit glass enclosure while wearing revealing clothing ( Openshaw ).

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.

It is also famous for Betel Leaf, a typical south Asian chewing item.

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

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.

Betel requires high land and especially fertile soil.

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

Betel leaves are used as a stimulant, an antiseptic and a breath-freshener.

Betel leaves are cultivated throughout southeast Asia.

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

Betel nuts are, after all, an agricultural product.

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.

Years of patient application of compost and leaf mulching has changed the structure of the soil and its water-holding capacity.

Mr. Clark still has to use rotenone with potatoes grown on the least fertile fields, but he has watched the insect damage decrease steadily and hopes that continued use of compost and leaf mulch will allow him to do without it in the future.

If the node is a leaf or has only one child, remove it.

Sanskrit nouns in this case often refer to a subject " out of " which or " from " whom something ( an action, an object ) has arisen or occurred — e. g., patram vṛkṣāt patati " the leaf falls from the tree ".

Bay leaf has been used as an herbal remedy for headaches.

Bay leaf has also been shown to help the body process insulin more efficiently, which leads to lower blood sugar levels, and to reduce the effects of stomach ulcers.

Bay leaf contains eugenol, which has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Bay leaf is also an antifungal and antibacterial, and has also been used to treat rheumatism, amenorrhea, and colic.

* A leaf node has no children.

Each node or leaf in the tree has zero or more resource records, which hold information associated with the domain name.

When a door has more than one movable section, one of the sections may be called a leaf.

These include the amount of light available, the amount of leaf area a plant has to capture light ( shading by other plants is a major limitation of photosynthesis ), rate at which carbon dioxide can be supplied to the chloroplasts to support photosynthesis, the availability of water, and the availability of suitable temperatures for carrying out photosynthesis.

Like most other Proteaceae, P. cynaroides has proteoid roots, roots with dense clusters of short lateral rootlets that form a mat in the soil just below the leaf litter.

The living aura theory is at least partially repudiated by demonstrating that leaf moisture content has a pronounced effect on the electric discharge coronas ; more moisture creates larger, more dynamic corona discharges.

The sugar maple's leaf has come to symbolize Canada, and is depicted on the country's flag.

He only has a leaf on his head for protection against the rain, so Satsuki offers him the umbrella she had taken along for her father.

Also, the plaster copy of the David in the Cast Courts ( Victoria and Albert Museum ) in London, has a fig leaf in a box at the back of the statue.

The olive tree, Olea europaea, has been cultivated for olive oil, fine wood, olive leaf, and the olive fruit.

The oil has a strong flavour with a hint of green leaf.

Flat-leaved parsley is preferred by some as it is easier to cultivate, being more tolerant of both rain and sunshine, and has a stronger flavor ( though this is disputed ), while curly leaf parsley is preferred by others because of its more decorative appearance in garnishing.

A third type, sometimes grown in southern Italy, has thick, celery-like leaf stems.

Each leaf has a peculiar pair of fused, sheathing stipules known as an ochrea ( plural: ochreae ).

Exchange of the coca leaf between consumers in the highlands and growers in the low lying hills has gone on for at least the last millennium, strengthening local economic ties.

This government prohibition of narcotics trafficking in Peru has resulted in a 70 % reduction of coca leaf cultivation since 1995.