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- Title: Betel Leaf
- Description: Betel leaves in Sangram Pungi, a Khashia village, near Jaflong in Sylhet district. Betel leaf or "paan" is a tropical creeper belonging to the pepper family of plants. The Aryans called it tambula and the Arabs tambul. People chew it to sweeten the breath and colour (crimson) the lip and tongue and also to have some narcotic pleasure. Normally, paan is chewed with lime paste (chun) and areca nut or betel nut (supari). Many eat paan mixing it with additional elements such as coriander; seed, cinnamon, cardamoms and manifold flavoured dusts. Goainghat, Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh. October 19, 2007.
- Credits: Mustafiz (Bangladesh) Mamun/Majority World
- Keywords: asia, bangladesh, betel, betel leaf, betel nut, environment, estate, goainghat, jaflong, jaintapur, khashia, leaf, leaves, mustafiz mamun, nature, paan, plant, plantation, sangram pungi, south asia, sylhet, tree, village
- Added: Aug 20, 2016
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- Photographer: Mustafiz Mamun
- Owner: Mustafiz Mamun
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- Title: Betel Leaf
- Description: Betel leaves in Sangram Pungi, a Khashia village, near Jaflong in Sylhet district. Betel leaf or "paan" is a tropical creeper belonging to the pepper family of plants. The Aryans called it tambula and the Arabs tambul. People chew it to sweeten the breath and colour (crimson) the lip and tongue and also to have some narcotic pleasure. Normally, paan is chewed with lime paste (chun) and areca nut or betel nut (supari). Many eat paan mixing it with additional elements such as coriander; seed, cinnamon, cardamoms and manifold flavoured dusts. Goainghat, Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh. October 19, 2007.
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- Country: Bangladesh
- Headline: Betel Leaf
- Copyright Notice: Copyright Majority World
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- Image Description: Betel leaves in Sangram Pungi, a Khashia village, near Jaflong in Sylhet district. Betel leaf or "paan" is a tropical creeper belonging to the pepper family of plants. The Aryans called it tambula and the Arabs tambul. People chew it to sweeten the breath
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