Piper methysticum (root)

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=Nomenclature=
 
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|aka=awa; kava kava; kava pepper; yangona
 
|aka=awa; kava kava; kava pepper; yangona
 
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=Introduction=
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=Botanical Voucher Specimen=
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''Introduction from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_methysticum, retrieved 02/27/2012).''
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=Organoleptic Characteristics=
  
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Kava or kava-kava (''Piper methysticum'') (''Piper'': Latin for 'pepper', ''methysticum'': (Latinized) Greek for 'intoxicating') is a crop of the western Pacific.
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The name kava(-kava) is from Tongan and Marquesan; other names for kava include ʻawa (Hawaiʻi), 'ava (Samoa), yaqona (Fiji), and sakau (Pohnpei).
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The roots of the plant are used to produce a drink with sedative and anesthetic properties. Kava is consumed throughout the Pacific Ocean cultures of Polynesia including Hawaii, Vanuatu, Melanesia and some parts of Micronesia.
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''The quoted text in this section was licensed for use under the Creative Commons ShareAlike License, version 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/''
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{{Microscopy | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
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{{Media2 |cat=Microscopy | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
 
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             | mainimage=Kava Kava.jpg
 
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             | caption1=Abundant large starch granules simple, 2 or 3 compound when observed at 400x with EtOH + glycerin + IKI + chloral hydrate.
 
             | caption1=Abundant large starch granules simple, 2 or 3 compound when observed at 400x with EtOH + glycerin + IKI + chloral hydrate.
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             | description=Kava (root) (''Piper methysticum'')
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             | caption2=Parenchyma containing reddish brown oleo-resin when observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
 
             | caption2=Parenchyma containing reddish brown oleo-resin when observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
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              | characteristics=cellular structures identified in this botanical specimen are the abundant large starch granules simple, 2 or 3 compound when observed at 400x with EtOH + glycerin + IKI + chloral hydrate and the parenchyma containing reddish brown oleo-resin when observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
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            | characteristics=cellular structures identified in this botanical specimen are the abundant large starch granules simple, 2 or 3 compound when observed at 400x with EtOH + glycerin + IKI + chloral hydrate and the parenchyma containing reddish brown oleo-resin when observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
 
             | reference=British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, 1996
 
             | reference=British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, 1996
 
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Contents

[edit] Nomenclature

Piper methysticum G. Forst.   Piperaceae  
Standardized common name (English): kava

[edit] Botanical Voucher Specimen

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Piper methysticum G.Forst. - Starr - v-069-00192274.jpg
Piper methysticum G.Forst.
Source: Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden[1]

[edit] Organoleptic Characteristics

[edit] Macroscopic Characteristics

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PlantaPhile - 1000.jpg
Source: PlantaPhile[2]

PlantaPhile - 2586.jpg
Source: PlantaPhile[3]

[edit] Microscopic Characteristics

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Kava Kava.jpg
Abundant large starch granules simple, 2 or 3 compound when observed at 400x with EtOH + glycerin + IKI + chloral hydrate.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[4]

Kava Kava-1.jpg
Parenchyma containing reddish brown oleo-resin when observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[5]

[edit] High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

[edit] Supplementary Information

[edit] Sources

  1. ↑ Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
  2. ↑ PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
  3. ↑ PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
  4. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  5. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
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