File:Areca catechu nuts at Kadavoor.jpg
Summary
English: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut" class="extiw" title="en:Areca nut">areca nut</a> is the seed of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_catechu" class="extiw" title="w:Areca catechu">Areca catechu</a>, Betel Palm, Areca palm, Areca-nut palm, a species of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecaceae" class="extiw" title="en:Arecaceae">palm</a> which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. The palm is believed to have originated in either <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" class="extiw" title="w:Indonesia">Indonesia</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" class="extiw" title="w:Malaysia">Malaysia</a> or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" class="extiw" title="w:Philippines">Philippines</a>. Areca is derived from a local name from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_Coast" class="extiw" title="w:Malabar Coast">Malabar Coast</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a> and catechu is from another <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay" class="extiw" title="w:Malay">Malay</a> name for this palm, caccu.
This palm is often called the betel tree because its fruit, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut" class="extiw" title="en:Areca nut">areca nut</a>, is often chewed along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betel" class="extiw" title="en:Betel">betel</a> leaf, a leaf from a vine of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piperaceae" class="extiw" title="w:Piperaceae">Piperaceae</a> family.
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| current | 08:37, 8 January 2017 | | 2,736 × 3,648 (2.25 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <span class="langlabel-en" lang="en" style="font-weight:bold;">English: </span> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut" class="extiw" title="en:Areca nut">areca nut</a> is the seed of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_catechu" class="extiw" title="w:Areca catechu">Areca catechu</a></i>, Betel Palm, Areca palm, Areca-nut palm, a species of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecaceae" class="extiw" title="en:Arecaceae">palm</a> which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. The palm is believed to have originated in either <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" class="extiw" title="w:Indonesia">Indonesia</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" class="extiw" title="w:Malaysia">Malaysia</a> or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" class="extiw" title="w:Philippines">Philippines</a>. <i>Areca</i> is derived from a local name from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_Coast" class="extiw" title="w:Malabar Coast">Malabar Coast</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a> and <i>catechu</i> is from another <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay" class="extiw" title="w:Malay">Malay</a> name for this palm, caccu. <p><br></p> This palm is often called the betel tree because its fruit, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut" class="extiw" title="en:Areca nut">areca nut</a>, is often chewed along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betel" class="extiw" title="en:Betel">betel</a> leaf, a leaf from a vine of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piperaceae" class="extiw" title="w:Piperaceae">Piperaceae</a> family. |
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