Betel Nut Fruit
The betel piper betle is a vine belonging to the piperaceae family which includes pepper and kava.
Betel nut fruit. 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. Betel nut also known as areca nut pinang paaku or cau in vietnamese chalia in hindi languange supari in bengali languange are mostly grown in tropical climates around asia. Indonesia is one of the largest growers of betel nut in the world. The betel nut is the seed of the areca or betel palm areca catechu family arecaceae and the betel leaf is from the betel pepper or pan plant piper betle family piperaceae.
This palm is often 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. The species has many common names including the areca palm areca nut palm betel palm indian nut pinang palm. It is also known as puga in sanskrit puwak in sinhala and supari in marathi and gujarati. Normally it is known as the pinang tree in malaysia.
In english this palm is 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 family piperaceae. Betel nut consumption has been linked to the incidence of metabolic syndrome. Toxicology areca nut and the betel leaf have caused dna damage and cancer in cells and in animal experiments.