Value Added Product from Betal Leaves

The betel leaf commonly known as “paan” or “nagvalli” (family-piperaceae) is an evergreen and perennial creeper. The betel plant is a slender, aromatic creeper, rooting at the nodes. The branches are swollen at the nodes. It has an alternate, heart-shaped, smooth, shining and long-stalked leaves, with pointed apex. It has five to seven ribs arising from the base; minute flower and one-seeded spherical small berries Mankind has relied on plants as a source of medicine for eons.