Arecaceae (palm family) »
Areca catechu (syn.
Areca faufel,
Areca hortensis)
a-REEK-uh ... OR ... AR-ek-uh -- from vernacular name of the tree
areca, used in Malabar coast
KAT-eh-choo -- from the Kannada name
kachu, extract from the heartwood
commonly known as: areca-nut, betel nut • Bengali: সুপারি supari • Gujarati: ઍરિકૅ ayrike, સોપારી sopari • Hindi: चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाक guvak, गूआ OR गुवा guwa, खपुर khapur, पूग pug, पूगी pugi, पुंगी pungi, सुपारी supari, उद्वेग udveg • Kannada: ಅಡಕೆ adake, ಅಡಿಕೆ adike • Konkani: पॉफळ pophala, सुपारी supari • Malayalam: കമുക് kamuk, കവുങ്ങ് kavung • Manipuri: ক্ৱা পাম্বী kwa pambi • Marathi: पोफळ pophal OR पोफळी pophali, पूग pug, पूगफल pugaphal, पुगीफल OR पुगीफळ pugiphala, सुपारी supari • Nepalese: सुपारि supari • Sanskrit: अकोटः akoth, चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाकः guvakah, खपुर khapur, पूगफल pugaphal, पूगः pugh, पूगी pugi, उद्वेग udveg, वल्कतरुः valktaruh • Tamil: அடைக்காய் atai-k-kay, சகுந்தம் chakuntam, சாமரபுட்பம் chamara-putpam, கமுகு kamuku, கந்தி kanti, கூந்தற்கமுகு kuntar-kamaku, பூகம் pukam, விம்பு vimpu • Telugu: ఘోంట ghonta, ఖపురము khapuramu, క్రముకము kramukamu, పోక poka, పూగము pugamu
Native to: Philippines,
exact native range obscure; cultivated in paleotropics
References:
• Flowers of India ...
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Betel%20Palm.html
• Wikipedia ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_catechu •
agroforestry.net ...
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Areca-catechu-betel-nut.pdf
• NPGS / GRIN ...
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3903 • DDSA ...
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/
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Views attached from:
... Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan
... along Maharashtra SH 98
For more views:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Arecacatechu&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags
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