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{{Short description|Genus of palms}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Areca_catechu_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-014.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Areca catechu]]'' – 1897 illustration<ref>Areca catechu – the Areca palm. In botanical drawing from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen – by Franz Eugen Köhler, in 1897.</ref>
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Areca
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| type_species = ''[[Areca catechu]]'' <ref name="monograph"/>
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=b/>
| synonyms =
*''Mischophloeus'' Scheff.
*''Gigliolia'' [[Odoardo Beccari|Becc.]]
*''Pichisermollia'' H.C.Monteiro
*''Arecus''
}}

'''''Areca''''' is a [[genus]] of 51 species of [[Arecaceae|palm]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Arecaceae]], found in humid [[tropical forest]]s from the islands of the [[Philippines]], [[Malaysia]] and [[India]], across [[Southeast Asia]] to [[Melanesia]].<ref name="monograph">{{cite journal |author1=Charlie D. Heatubun |author2=John Dransfield |author3=Thomas Flynn |author4=Sri S. Tjitrosoedirjo |author5=Johanis P. Mogea |author6=William J. Baker |year=2012 |title=A monograph of the betel nut palms (''Areca'': Arecaceae) of East Malesia |journal=[[Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society]] |volume=168 |issue=2 |pages=147–173 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01199.x|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=b>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=14493 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> The generic name ''Areca'' is derived from a name used locally on the [[Malabar Coast]] of [[India]].

==Usage==
[[File:Khichdi Prasadam in Donna (Iskcon Bangalore).jpg|thumb|220px|''[[Khichdi]]'' is an Indian dish. This image shows a [[prasāda]] in a traditional areca leaf bowl at [[ISKCON Temple Bangalore]].]]

The best-known member of the genus is ''[[Areca catechu|A. catechu]]'', the [[areca nut]] palm.<ref name="monograph"/><ref>{{cite journal |url= https://ugp.rug.nl/eJIM/article/view/24712 |author=Zumbroich, Thomas J. | date = 2008 | title = The origin and diffusion of betel chewing: A synthesis of evidence from South Asia, Southeast Asia and beyond | journal = e-Journal of Indian Medicine | volume = 1 | issue = 3 | pages = 87–140 }}</ref> 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]]. Areca nut is also popularly referred to as betel nut because of its usage for chewing with [[betel]] leaves. In Assam, areca nut is also known as ''tamul'' in the local dialect.

== Species ==
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(51 species)
*''[[Areca abdulrahmanii]]'' [[J.Dransf.]]
*''[[Areca ahmadii]]'' [[J.Dransf.]]
*''[[Areca andersonii]]'' [[J.Dransf.]]
*''[[Areca gandamatu]]'' Sultan Mardan Plantation
*''[[Areca arundinacea]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca brachypoda]]'' J.Dransf.
*''[[Areca caliso]]'' [[Becc.]]
*''[[Areca camarinensis]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca catechu]]'' L.
*''[[Areca celebica]]'' Burret
*''[[Areca chaiana]]'' [[J.Dransf.]]
*''[[Areca concinna]]'' Thwaites
*''[[Areca congesta]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca costulata]]'' [[Becc.]]
*''[[Areca dayung]]'' [[J.Dransf.]]
*''[[Areca furcata]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca glandiformis]]'' Lam.
*''[[Areca guppyana]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca gurita]]'' Heatubun
*''[[Areca hutchinsoniana]]'' [[Becc.]]
*''[[Areca insignis]]'' (Becc.) J.Dransf.
*''[[Areca ipot]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca jobiensis]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca jugahpunya]]'' [[J.Dransf.]]
*''[[Areca kinabaluensis]]'' [[Caetano Xavier Furtado|Furtado]]
*''[[Areca klingkangensis]]'' J.Dransf.
*''[[Areca laosensis]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca ledermanniana]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca macrocalyx]]'' Zipp. ''ex'' Blume
*''[[Areca macrocarpa]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca minuta]]'' Scheff.
*''[[Areca montana]]'' Ridl.
*''[[Areca multifida]]'' Burret
*''[[Areca nannospadix]]'' Burret
*''[[Areca nigasolu]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca novohibernica]]'' (Lauterb.) Becc.
*''[[Areca oxycarpa]]'' Miq.
*''[[Areca parens]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca rechingeriana]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca rheophytica]]'' J.Dransf.
*''[[Areca ridleyana]]'' Becc. ''ex'' Furtado
*''[[Areca rostrata]]'' Burret
*''[[Areca salomonensis]]'' Burret
*''[[Areca subacaulis]]'' (Becc.) J.Dransf.
*''[[Areca torulo]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca triandra]]'' Roxb. ''ex'' Buch.-Ham.
*''[[Areca tunku]]'' J.Dransf. & C.K.Lim
*''[[Areca vestiaria]]'' [[Giseke]]
*''[[Areca vidaliana]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca warburgiana]]'' Becc.
*''[[Areca whitfordii]]'' Becc.
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<Gallery>
File:Areca vestiaria.JPG|''[[Areca vestiaria]]''
</Gallery>

==See also==
[[Image:ArecaYield.png|thumb|upright=1.4|Worldwide areca yield]]
*''[[Dypsis lutescens]]'', a plant also sometimes referred to as "Areca palm"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Arecaceae genera}}
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[[Category:Areca| ]]
[[Category:Arecaceae genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]

{{Areceae-stub}}

Areca - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 16:26, 28 August 2023