Names: Chrysalidocarpus lutescens.
English: Areca-nut; Areca palm; Areca nut palm; Betel palm; Betel nut; Betel tree; Indian nut; Pinang palm.
Tagalog: bunga.
Indonesia/Malay: pinang; Caccu.
Tamil: Kamuhu.
Malayalam: Adakka.
Kannada: Adike.
Indian: Catecju.
French: Arequier; Palmier d’Arec.Region: tropical; Pacific, Asia, east Africa, Philippines, China, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Ceylon, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea.
Content: alkaloids, arecoline; tenaline.
Culture: areca nut is used with the betel leaf from
Piper betle in the East as a chewing gum for sweetening the breath and hardening the gums; symbolic in marriage and divorce ceremonies; symbol of the home.