How to always have your own Root Beer

Piper auritum - Root Beer Plant, Acuyo, False Kava-Kava - is a close relative of Piper methysticum (Kava-Kava), and Piper nigrum (Black Pepper). It is very often confused with Kava-Kava, and probably has some similar medicinal effects.

This herb originated from Tropical America and grows also in the South Pacific.

Large-leaved perennial, known for its leaves, which are used for their spicy aromatic scent and flavor, some liken to root beer, others to anise-clove. It can be used for making a root beer-flavoted drink.

This species is easily identified by its huge leaves which can grow over a foot long in older specimens.

The leaves are chopped and used for flavoring, as well as used whole, as wrappings for meats, tamales, etc.

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How to always have your own Root Beer

Piper auritum - Root Beer Plant, Acuyo, False Kava-Kava - is a close relative of Piper methysticum (Kava-Kava), and Piper nigrum (Black Pepper). It is very often confused with Kava-Kava, and probably has some similar medicinal effects.

This herb originated from Tropical America and grows also in the South Pacific.

Large-leaved perennial, known for its leaves, which are used for their spicy aromatic scent and flavor, some liken to root beer, others to anise-clove. It can be used for making a root beer-flavoted drink.

This species is easily identified by its huge leaves which can grow over a foot long in older specimens.

The leaves are chopped and used for flavoring, as well as used whole, as wrappings for meats, tamales, etc.

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🏀 One of the most unusual looking plants in or shade garden collection is Chrysothemis pulchella - Copper Leaf, Black Flamingo.

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🏀 From summer to late fall it is covered with showy orange-red flowers, may bloom sporadically several times a year.

🏀 Forms a dense mountain of flowers and foliage.

🏀 The plant forms tubers at the base of the stem. By the end of fall the leaves may die back, the plant goes dormant till spring. Then it re-sprouts in Spring again.

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