Areca
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Areca''
| image = Koeh-014.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Areca catechu]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Arecales]]
| familia = [[Arecaceae]]
| genus = '''''Areca'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]], 1753
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
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}}
'''''Areca''''' is a [[genus]] of about 50 species of single-stemmed [[Arecaceae|palm]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Arecaceae]], found in humid [[tropical forest]]s from [[Malaysia]] to the [[Solomon Islands]].
The best-known member of the genus is ''A. catechu'', the [[betel nut]] palm.
== Species ==
* ''Areca abdulrahmanii'' J.Dransf. (1980).
* ''Areca ahmadii'' J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''[[Areca andersonii]]'' J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''Areca arundinacea'' Becc. (1877).
* ''Areca brachypoda'' J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''Areca caliso'' Becc. (1919).
* ''Areca camarinensis'' Becc. (1919).
* ''[[Areca catechu]]'' L. (1753) : Betel Palm
* ''Areca celebica'' Burret (1933).
* ''[[Areca chaiana]]'' J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''[[Areca concinna]]'' Thwaites (1864).
* ''Areca congesta'' Becc. (1923).
* ''Areca costulata'' Becc. (1919).
* ''Areca dayung'' J.Dransf. (1980).
* ''Areca furcata'' Becc. (1877).
* ''[[Areca glandiformis]]'' Lam. (1783).
* ''[[Areca guppyana]]'' Becc. (1914).
* ''[[Areca hutchinsoniana]]'' Becc. (1919).
* ''Areca insignis'' (Becc.) J.Dransf. (1984).
** ''Areca insignis'' var. ''insignis''
** ''Areca insignis'' var. ''moorei'' (J.Dransf.) J.Dransf. (1984)
* ''[[Areca ipot]]'' Becc. (1909).
* ''Areca jobiensis'' Becc. (1877).
* ''Areca jugahpunya'' J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''Areca kinabaluensis'' Furtado (1933).
* ''Areca klingkangensis'' J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''Areca laosensis'' Becc. (1910).
* ''Areca ledermanniana'' Becc. (1923).
* ''Areca macrocalyx'' Zipp. ex Blume (1839).
* ''[[Areca macrocarpa]]'' Becc. (1909).
* ''Areca minuta'' Scheff., (1876).
* ''Areca montana'' Ridl., (1907).
* ''Areca multifida'' Burret (1936).
* ''Areca nannospadix'' Burret (1931).
* ''Areca nigasolu'' Becc. (1914).
* ''Areca novohibernica'' (Lauterb.) Becc. (1914).
* ''Areca oxycarpa'' Miq. (1868).
* ''[[Areca parens]]'' Becc. (1919).
* ''Areca rechingeriana'' Becc. (1910).
* ''Areca rheophytica'' J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''Areca ridleyana'' Becc. ex Furtado (1933).
* ''Areca rostrata'' Burret (1935).
* ''Areca salomonensis'' Burret (1936).
* ''Areca subacaulis'' (Becc.) J.Dransf. (1984).
* ''Areca torulo'' Becc. (1914).
* ''[[Areca triandra]]'' Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. (1826).
* ''Areca tunku'' J.Dransf. & C.K.Lim (1992).
* ''Areca vestiaria'' Giseke (1792).
* ''Areca vidaliana'' Becc. (1907).
* ''Areca warburgiana'' Becc. (1914).
* ''[[Areca whitfordii]]'' Becc. (1907).
Several species of Areca nuts, known for their bitter and tangy taste, are routinely used for chewing, especially in combination with the leaves of [[Betel]], [[tobacco]] and [[calcium oxide]] ([[Lime (mineral)|lime]]). This practice is popular among elderly people in southeastern Asia, often the main cause of [[oral cancer]] in the region.
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