Betel leaf plant (piper betel) is a creeper grown in India. Its purity and holiness are the same to the kings as well as the common man. All of them respect, offer, receive and chew it with condiments like arica, chunam and tobacco. Betel is offered to deities, the clergy seeking their blessings. It’s a perennial herb, which can also be grown in containers and hanging baskets. You can grow it from cuttings and root division. It thrives well in tropical climate but growing betel leaf plant in a cold climate (as an annual, mostly) is also possible with little care, in containers. Read Less