Piper methysticum (root)
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+ | |aka=awa; kava kava; kava pepper; yangona | ||
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=Introduction= | =Introduction= | ||
''Introduction from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_methysticum, retrieved 02/27/2012).'' | ''Introduction from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_methysticum, retrieved 02/27/2012).'' |
Revision as of 05:22, 27 February 2014
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Nomenclature
Piper methysticum G. Forst. Piperaceae
Standardized common name (English): kava
Introduction
Introduction from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_methysticum, retrieved 02/27/2012).
Kava or kava-kava (Piper methysticum) (Piper: Latin for 'pepper', methysticum: (Latinized) Greek for 'intoxicating') is a crop of the western Pacific.
The name kava(-kava) is from Tongan and Marquesan; other names for kava include ʻawa (Hawaiʻi), 'ava (Samoa), yaqona (Fiji), and sakau (Pohnpei).
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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