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- Areca
Areca(Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- n: Areca catechu
- Betel Nut
- n: Areca catechus
- n: Arecas
- n: Betel Nuts
- n: Nut, Betel
- n: Nuts, Betel
- n: catechus, Areca
Betel may go here or under PIPER BETLE; 'catechu' may go here or under ACACIA CATECHU see ACACIA; check text
A plant genus of the family ARECACEAE. Members contain ARECOLINE and CATECHIN. The leaves and nuts have been used as masticatories, stimulants, and astringents in traditional medicine. The common name of betel is also used for PIPER BETLE. The common name of catechu is sometimes used for ACACIA CATECHU.
91(86)63; was see under PLANTS, MEDICINAL 1986-90; was heading 1963-85