Jumat, 25 Juni 2010

Piper sarmentosum

Piper sarmentosum is a plant in the Piperaceae family used in many Southeast Asian cuisines. The leaves are often confused with betel, but they lack the intense taste of the betel leaves and are significantly smaller.

There is no "official" English name for it, but it is sometimes called "wild betel". It is known as cha plu (ช้าพลู) in Thai, phak i leut in Lao, pokok kadok in Malay, and lá lốt in Vietnamese.

In medicine
P. sarmentosum leaves are used in traditional Asian medicines. Chemical analysis has shown that the leaves contain high amounts of the antioxidant naringenin.[3] Amides from P. sarmentosum fruit have been shown to have anti-tuberculosis and anti-plasmodial activities.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_sarmentosum
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