Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-622.61.06
Piper methysticum
Names: cames from methyskomai, Greek, ‘to stupefy oneself.
Names: Kava Kava; Ava.
Use: Polynesia, in social, political and religious life, political gatherings, marriages, funerals, secular feasts, a symbol of peace and friendship, it is used to establish and cement friendly relations.
Botany: tall shrub-like plant, which can reach a height of 4 metres, is indigenous to the Pacific Islands; dry, lime-rich soil; mountain regions; propagation is vegetative.