[Mihalic] Re: Mihalic Digest, Vol 3, Issue 3

[Bryant Allen]

Two species of daka  that is chewed with betel nut in PNG.

Piper betle - grown in the lower altitudes.
Piper gibbilimbum - grown in the highlands.

P.betle is a major export from the Bush Mekeo area of Central Province 
where the vine is planted in gardens and in special plots, on sturdy posts. 
In 1995 a disease that caused the fruit to break open before it was mature 
caused an economic disaster, but production seems to have recovered again. 
The Mekeo word for daka is "awaka".

Piper aduncum seeds or fruit  or whatever it is not consumed.





Dr Bryant Allen
Senior Fellow
Department of Human Geography
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University ACT 0200
Australia.

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