Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s5.27

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c5.s5.27

The implication is that during rainy weather, when available solar energy is limited, there will be the production of leaves in the paddy. But, for betel vines, we want the leaves and the shade, and we know that the shade-loving plants have larger leaves, and even when a sun-plant with narrow leaves is transferred to a shady place it tends to develop larger leaves. The cause of the pungency is also due to the absence of sun-light, and the reason is that the destructive metabolism cannot reach its final stage and consequently more acid and other astringent bye-products are formed. The other proverb is ¹ :

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