Details of Plants:Piper betel

Plant details

Family: Piperaceae
Phytochemicals

Camphene
Caryophyllene
Cineole
Eugenol
Eugenyl Acetate
Nicotinic acid
Starch
Terpinen-4-ol
Thiamine
d-limonene
NE-statewise availability

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Nagaland
Vernacular Name

Nagaland: patu (Ao)
Assam: Pan
Arunachal Pradesh: Ritikrhinik
Ailments cured

Abdominal pain
Colic
Plant parts used and methods

Leaves: Ash infusion applied topically
Plant References

Purkayatha.J; et al. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants from Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve of Northeast India, Fitoterapia 76, 121 – 127, 2005.

Perme. N; et al. Medicinal Plants in Traditional Use at Arunachal Pradesh; India; International Journal of Phytopharmacy; Vol. 5 (5); 86-98; 2015.

Kichu, M; et al. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants of Chungtia village, Nagaland, India. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 166, 5-17, 2015.

Phytochemical References

Parmar, V, S; et al. Phytochemistry of the genus Piper. Phytochemistry 46.4: 597-673, 1997.