Piper methysticum, commonly known as Kava, is a plant used to make an anesthetic drink. Widely used in Polynesia, Kava is regulated (but not illegal) in many countries due to its potential for liver damage.
Piper methysticum and belongs to the pepper family (Piperaceae).
The drink 'Kava' is made from the ground roots of the kava plant (Piper methysticum).
Piper methysticumThere are many varieties. It is related to the pepper plant (not capsicum, like bell peppers, but piper, like ground pepper corns).
There were different Tongan houses for different purposes made from different materials. For example, the kava was the meeting house and was made from dried root of the piper methysticum plant. There was also the ngatu, a special work house for women, that was made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree.
Alexis Piper goes by Piper.
NO! Pied Piper. There's no Satan about it! NO! Pied Piper. There's no Satan about it!
Raymond Piper has written: 'Piper's Flowers'
PIper is a pilot
Katie Piper's birth name is Katherine Piper.
Piper-Heidsieck was created in 1785.
Mike Connolly is the piper (Toronto Wedding Piper)
Piper Lincoln's birth name is Piper Annette Lincoln.