Areca catechu L.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Areca catechu L.
  • Common name : Beetle nut Palm, Areca nut Palm, Areca palm, Pinang
  • Vernacular name :
    • Supari (Hindi)
    • Adike mara (Kannada)
    • Kamugu, Pakku (Tamil)
    • Puga (Sanskrit)
    • Supari (Marathi)
    • Adakkamaram, Adakka, Chempalukka, Kavungu, Kazhangu, Pakku (Malayalam)
    • Vakka, Poka-vakka (Telugu)
    • Gua (Oria)
    • Supari (Hindi)
  • Habit : Palm
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated throughout on foothills and plains where there is good irrigation facility. The nuts are used by locals and also sold commercially as Beetle nut.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Cultivated
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Nagpur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Cultivated
    • Tamil Nadu : Cultivated
    • Lakshadweep : Kavaratti
  • Native : Tropical Asia
  • World Distribution : Tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District, Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Areca catechu. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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