Common name: Beetle nut, Areca palm, Pinang.
Sanskrit: Puga
Hindi: Supari
Tamil: Pakku-பாக்கு
Malayalam: Kamuku കമുക്, Adakkamaramഅടയ്ക്കാമരം, Kavungu കവുങ്ങ്,കമുങ്ങ്.
Areca nut tree or Betel nut tree is an erect, tall tree, found in tropical areas, that grows up to 60 feet tall, the trunk is strong, and segmented, diameter of up to 30 cm. Leaves are 7 ft. long, pinnately arranged, with a numerous, crowded leaflets, broad leaflets, tip with jagged, dark green. Fruits are borne in clusters, which are dark green, turn orange while ripe, sized to about 2.5 inches in length.
Useful plant parts:
Fruit, bark, root
Medicinal uses:
Stomach pain, and dysentery, ripe fruit juice is used to treat insect bites, chewing with betel leaf and cunna ( Calcium carbonate) is useful to reduce toothache, gum infections, and bad breath, and taenifuge for tapeworm.
Chemical content:
Alkaloids (Arecaidine and Arecoline), tannin, gallic acid, volatile oil, lignin, Arecoline, Arecain, and Guracine.
Medicinal properties:
Aromatic, Astringent,
How to prepare medicines:
Fruit juice is used in the folk treatment of Scorpion bites.
Chewing with betel leaf and tobacco is a habit in some Kerala people called ‘Murukku’
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