Areca 179823 196793225 2008-03-08T16:13:11Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{For|the Taiwanese company|Areca (company)}} {{For|the program see |Areca Backup}} {{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 = See text }} '''''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. {{palm-stub}} [[Category:Areca]] [[de:Betelpalmen]] [[fr:Areca]] [[nl:Areca]] [[pt:Areca]] [[sv:Arekapalmer]] [[vi:Chi Cau]]