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Areca Palm

Areca catechu

Photo by VivBraznell
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Field Notes

Description:

Our landlady has many Areca palms here in the garden, she harvests the fruit and sells it once it has been processed

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Areca nut

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Comments (3)
Seema
nice...diff stages..
VivBraznell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_catechu Wiki text - The seed contains alkaloids such as arecaine and arecoline, which, when chewed, is intoxicating and is also slightly addictive. Areca palms are grown in India, Malaysia, Taiwan and many other Asian countries for their seeds.

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PublishedMarch 8, 2012

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