Areca Catechu Nut
Areca nut is the seed of the fruit of the oriental palm areca catechu.
Areca catechu nut. The areca nut aer k e or e r i k e is the fruit of the areca palm areca catechu which grows in much of the tropical pacific melanesia and micronesia southeast and south asia and parts of east africa. The areca nut is also popular for chewing throughout some asian countries such as china taiwan vietnam the philippines malaysia myanmar and india and the pacific notably papua new guinea where it is very popular. Chewing areca nut is quite popular among working classes in taiwan. Areca is derived from a local name from the malabar coast of india and catechu is from another malay name for this palm caccu.
Areca catechu is a medium sized palm tree growing straight to 20 m 66 ft tall with a trunk 1015 cm 46 in in diameter. We use cookies to offer you a better experience personalize content tailor advertising provide social media features and better understand the use of our services. Areca catechu betel nut palm introduction betel nut areca catechu is a slender single trunked palm that can grow to 30 m 100 ft. Betel nut is a name given to the seed of the areca catechu tree a species of palm tree that grows in parts of the tropical pacific asia and africa.
More commonly known as betel palm or betel nut tree it can grow to a height of 65 90 feet. Areca catechu is part of the arecaceae family commonly referred to as the palm family. There are over 200 genera and about 2600 species contained in the family almost all of which grow in the tropics ratsch 1998 57 58. Areca catechu is grown for its commercially important seed crop the areca nut.
This palm is often erroneously called the betel tree because its fruit the areca nut is often chewed along with the betel leaf a leaf from a vine of the piperaceae family. Bunga areca nut areca catechu betel nut. Philippine herbal medicine an illustrated compilation of philippine medicinal plants by dr godofredo umali stuart with botanical information chemical properties and folkloric uses and scientific studies.