A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.

Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

The Betel (Piper betle) is a spice whose leaves have medicinal properties. The plant is evergreen and perennial, with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkins, and grows to a height of about 1 metre. The Betel plant originated in Malaysia and now grows in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Betel is a physics and graphical engine for "paper puppet" animation - cut-out images can be assembled with pivot points, and then animated using the mouse or recorded movements.