Several species of areca nuts known for their bitter and tangy taste raw or dried are routinely used for chewing especially in combination with the leaves of betel and dried leaves of tobacco. It is hard to believe the areca palm dypsis lutescens was once an endangered species. The arecaceae is a very large family of 225 genera and 2600 species of tropical woody xerophytic monocotyledons.
areca nut botanical name
The best known member of the genus is a.
Areca nut botanical name. Peperomia goetzeana peperomia stuhlmannii name. 147 world programme for the census of agriculture 2010 appendix 4 alphabetical list of crops with botanical name and crop code crop name botanical name. It does not thrive in our rain forest climate. While palms arent succulent they are often grown by collectors of cacti and other succulent plants.
Drive down almost any street in a subtropical or warm climate and you are likely to see dozens of these tall attractive and clumping palms that look a lot like bamboo. Check out our areca palm trees or the container palm a multi stemmed palm with elegant arching fronds. I dont produce this species for sale due to the slow growth rate and disease issues. A nut is a fruit composed of an inedible hard shell and a seed which is generally edible.
Catechu the areca nut palm. Aegle marmelos rutaceae. In general usage a wide variety of dried seeds are called nuts but in a botanical context nut implies that the shell does not open to release the seed indehiscent. Peperomia abyssinica miquel 1845 syn.
