Areca Nut Tree Leaf
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Areca nut tree leaf. Chewing the mixture of areca nut and betel leaf is a tradition custom or ritual which dates back thousands of years in much of the geographical areas from south. The best known member of the genus is a. Catechu the areca nut palm. Several species of areca nuts known for their bitter and tangy taste raw or dried are.
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 palm trees or the container palm is a multi stemmed palm with elegant arching fronds. They thrive in containers and indoors making them the perfect house or.
The betelnut also called pugua or mamaon by guamanians are palm nuts from the areca tree. The scientific name for the tree is areca catechu and resembles a thin.