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Areca catechu

Palm in fruit. Sakuya Konohana Kan, Osaka, Japan. Greenhouse. 2001-05-02.


Areca catechu L.
Engl.: betel nut palm, areca nut, betel nut, betel palm, pinang.
Deu.: Arekanuss, Betelnuss.
Suom.: betelpalmu.
Sven.: betelpalm.
Fran.: noix d'Arec.
Pharm.: catechu, semen arecae.
Bot. syn.: Areca hortensis Lour.

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