Areca Nut
Studies evaluating the effects of betel nut chewing suggest that a variety of the chemical compounds found in areca may exert activity.
Areca nut. The areca nut aer k e or e r i k e is the fruit of the areca palm areca catechu which grows in much of the tropical pacific melanesia and micronesia southeast and south asia and parts of east africa. The best known member of the genus is a. Catechu the areca nut palm. 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.
Snippet areca nut is the fourth most commonly used psychoactive substance in the world chewed regularly by at least 10 of the population with high prevalences in south and southeast asia. Govt hikes minimum price for import of areca nuts to rs 110kg 14 may 2013 0840pm ist. The government has increased the minimum import price of areca nuts by rs 35 to rs 110 per kg to curb inward shipments especially from bangladesh and protect domestic industry. Horticulturists have sprayed a particular chemical biophyte to control the rotting of the areca nut.
But this new disease is causing more harm than the area nut rot. The husk of tender nut is used widely in china to make mouth freshener and other edible items after due processing there. Nuts and bolts of areca areca nut palm is a commercial crop. There are two varieties of areca nut white and red.
The white variety is found by harvesting fully ripe areca nut and by sun drying.