giant honey bee
Arecaceae (palm family) » Areca catechu
a-REEK-uh or AR-ek-uh -- From vernacular name of the tree areca, used in Malabar coast
KAT-eh-choo -- from the Kannada name kachu, extract from the heartwood
commonly known as: areca-nut, betel nut • Bengali: সুপারি supari • Gujarati: ઍરિકૅ ayrike, સોપારી sopari • Hindi: चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाक guvak, गूआ OR गुवा guwa, खपुर khapur, पूग pug, पूगी pugi, पुंगी pungi, सुपारी supari, उद्वेग udveg • Kannada: ಅಡಕೆ adake, ಅಡಿಕೆ adike • Konkani: पॉफळ pophala, सुपारी supari • Malayalam: കമുക് kamuk, കവുങ്ങ് kavung • Manipuri: kwa pambi • Marathi: पोफळ pophal OR पोफळी pophali, पूग pug, पूगफल pugaphal, पुगीफल OR पुगीफळ pugiphala, सुपारी supari • Nepalese: सुपारि supari • Sanskrit: अकोटः akoth, चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाकः guvakah, खपुर khapur, पूगफल pugaphal, पूगः pugh, पूगी pugi, उद्वेग udveg, वल्कतरुः valktaruh • Tamil: அடைக்காய் atai-k-kay, சகுந்தம் chakuntam, சாமரபுட்பம் chamara-putpam, கமுகு kamuku, கந்தி kanti, கூந்தற்கமுகு kuntar-kamaku, பூகம் pukam, விம்பு vimpu • Telugu: ఘోంట ghonta, ఖపురము khapuramu, క్రముకము kramukamu, పోక poka, పూగము pugamu
Native to: Philippines, exact native range obscure; cultivated in paleotropics
References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • www.agroforestry.net/tti/Areca-catechu-betel-nut.pdf • NPGS / GRIN • DDSA
Tags: Arecaceae Palmae palm family tropical palm tree Areca catechu Areca faufel Areca hortensis adake adike akoth arec cachou areca-nut areka yashi arekovaia pal'ma arequier arygni atai-k-kay avellana d'India ayrike betel'naia pal'ma betel nut betelnoot betelnöt betelnusspalme bing lang zi binrou bua bunga chakuntam chamara-putpam chamarpushpa faufal ghonta guvak guwa kamuk kamuku kanti kavung khapur khapuramu khet kramukamu kuntar-kamaku kunthi pin kun kwa pambi maak noce del betel noz de areca noz de bétele nuez de areca nuez de betel palma catechou poka pokok pinang pophal pophali puak pugamu pugaphal pugh pugi pugiphala pukam pungi sopari supari udveg valktaruh vimpu
Arecaceae (palm family) » Areca catechu
a-REEK-uh or AR-ek-uh -- From vernacular name of the tree areca, used in Malabar coast
KAT-eh-choo -- from the Kannada name kachu, extract from the heartwood
commonly known as: areca-nut, betel nut • Bengali: সুপারি supari • Gujarati: ઍરિકૅ ayrike, સોપારી sopari • Hindi: चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाक guvak, गूआ OR गुवा guwa, खपुर khapur, पूग pug, पूगी pugi, पुंगी pungi, सुपारी supari, उद्वेग udveg • Kannada: ಅಡಕೆ adake, ಅಡಿಕೆ adike • Konkani: पॉफळ pophala, सुपारी supari • Malayalam: കമുക് kamuk, കവുങ്ങ് kavung • Manipuri: kwa pambi • Marathi: पोफळ pophal OR पोफळी pophali, पूग pug, पूगफल pugaphal, पुगीफल OR पुगीफळ pugiphala, सुपारी supari • Nepalese: सुपारि supari • Sanskrit: अकोटः akoth, चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाकः guvakah, खपुर khapur, पूगफल pugaphal, पूगः pugh, पूगी pugi, उद्वेग udveg, वल्कतरुः valktaruh • Tamil: அடைக்காய் atai-k-kay, சகுந்தம் chakuntam, சாமரபுட்பம் chamara-putpam, கமுகு kamuku, கந்தி kanti, கூந்தற்கமுகு kuntar-kamaku, பூகம் pukam, விம்பு vimpu • Telugu: ఘోంట ghonta, ఖపురము khapuramu, క్రముకము kramukamu, పోక poka, పూగము pugamu
Native to: Philippines, exact native range obscure; cultivated in paleotropics
References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • www.agroforestry.net/tti/Areca-catechu-betel-nut.pdf • NPGS / GRIN • DDSA
Tags: Arecaceae Palmae palm family tropical palm tree Areca catechu Areca faufel Areca hortensis adake adike akoth arec cachou areca-nut areka yashi arekovaia pal'ma arequier arygni atai-k-kay avellana d'India ayrike betel'naia pal'ma betel nut betelnoot betelnöt betelnusspalme bing lang zi binrou bua bunga chakuntam chamara-putpam chamarpushpa faufal ghonta guvak guwa kamuk kamuku kanti kavung khapur khapuramu khet kramukamu kuntar-kamaku kunthi pin kun kwa pambi maak noce del betel noz de areca noz de bétele nuez de areca nuez de betel palma catechou poka pokok pinang pophal pophali puak pugamu pugaphal pugh pugi pugiphala pukam pungi sopari supari udveg valktaruh vimpu
Arecaceae (palm family) » Areca catechu
a-REEK-uh or AR-ek-uh -- From vernacular name of the tree areca, used in Malabar coast
KAT-eh-choo -- from the Kannada name kachu, extract from the heartwood
commonly known as: areca-nut, betel nut • Bengali: সুপারি supari • Gujarati: ઍરિકૅ ayrike, સોપારી sopari • Hindi: चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाक guvak, गूआ OR गुवा guwa, खपुर khapur, पूग pug, पूगी pugi, पुंगी pungi, सुपारी supari, उद्वेग udveg • Kannada: ಅಡಕೆ adake, ಅಡಿಕೆ adike • Konkani: पॉफळ pophala, सुपारी supari • Malayalam: കമുക് kamuk, കവുങ്ങ് kavung • Manipuri: kwa pambi • Marathi: पोफळ pophal OR पोफळी pophali, पूग pug, पूगफल pugaphal, पुगीफल OR पुगीफळ pugiphala, सुपारी supari • Nepalese: सुपारि supari • Sanskrit: अकोटः akoth, चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाकः guvakah, खपुर khapur, पूगफल pugaphal, पूगः pugh, पूगी pugi, उद्वेग udveg, वल्कतरुः valktaruh • Tamil: அடைக்காய் atai-k-kay, சகுந்தம் chakuntam, சாமரபுட்பம் chamara-putpam, கமுகு kamuku, கந்தி kanti, கூந்தற்கமுகு kuntar-kamaku, பூகம் pukam, விம்பு vimpu • Telugu: ఘోంట ghonta, ఖపురము khapuramu, క్రముకము kramukamu, పోక poka, పూగము pugamu
Native to: Philippines, exact native range obscure; cultivated in paleotropics
References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • www.agroforestry.net/tti/Areca-catechu-betel-nut.pdf • NPGS / GRIN • DDSA
Tags: Arecaceae Palmae palm family tropical palm tree Areca catechu Areca faufel Areca hortensis adake adike akoth arec cachou areca-nut areka yashi arekovaia pal'ma arequier arygni atai-k-kay avellana d'India ayrike betel'naia pal'ma betel nut betelnoot betelnöt betelnusspalme bing lang zi binrou bua bunga chakuntam chamara-putpam chamarpushpa faufal ghonta guvak guwa kamuk kamuku kanti kavung khapur khapuramu khet kramukamu kuntar-kamaku kunthi pin kun kwa pambi maak noce del betel noz de areca noz de bétele nuez de areca nuez de betel palma catechou poka pokok pinang pophal pophali puak pugamu pugaphal pugh pugi pugiphala pukam pungi sopari supari udveg valktaruh vimpu
Areca catechu
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
... MUCH ADO ABOUT NAMES ...
commonly known as: areca-nut, betel nut • Arabic: فوفل faufal • Armenian: arygni • Bengali: সুপারি supari • Burmese: kunthi pin kun • Chinese: bing lang zi • Dutch: arecapalm, betelnoot • Finnish: areka • French: arec cachou, arequier • German: betelnusspalme • Gujarati: ઍરિકૅ ayrike, સોપારી sopari • Hindi: चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाक guvak, गूआ OR गुवा guwa, खपुर khapur, पूग pug, पूगी pugi, पुंगी pungi, सुपारी supari, उद्वेग udveg • Italian: areca, avellana d'India, noce del betel • Japanese: areka yashi, binrou • Kannada: ಅಡಕೆ adake, ಅಡಿಕೆ adike • Konkani: पॉफळ pophala, सुपारी supari • Malay: pokok pinang • Malayalam: കമുക് kamuk, കവുങ്ങ് kavung • Manipuri: kwa pambi • Marathi: पोफळ pophal OR पोफळी pophali, पूग pug, पूगफल pugaphal, पुगीफल OR पुगीफळ pugiphala, सुपारी supari • Nepalese: सुपारि supari • Palaun: bua • Portuguese: noz de areca, noz de bétele • Russian: arekovaia pal'ma, betel'naia pal'ma • Sanskrit: अकोटः akoth, चामरपुष्प chamarpushpa, गुवाकः guvakah, खपुर khapur, पूगफल pugaphal, पूगः pugh, पूगी pugi, उद्वेग udveg, वल्कतरुः valktaruh • Sinhalese: puak • Spanish: palma catechou • Spanish: nuez de areca, nuez de betel • Swedish: betelnöt • Tagalog: bunga • Tamil: அடைக்காய் atai-k-kay, சகுந்தம் chakuntam, சாமரபுட்பம் chamara-putpam, கமுகு kamuku, கந்தி kanti, கூந்தற்கமுகு kuntar-kamaku, பூகம் pukam, விம்பு vimpu • Telugu: ఘోంట ghonta, ఖపురము khapuramu, క్రముకము kramukamu, పోక poka, పూగము pugamu • Thai: เค็ด khet , มะ ma, หมาก maak • Urdu: فوفل faufal
References: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia • M.M.P.N.D.
Tags: Arecaceae Palmae palm family tropical palm tree Areca catechu Areca faufel Areca hortensis adake adike akoth arec cachou areca-nut areka yashi arekovaia pal'ma arequier arygni atai-k-kay avellana d'India ayrike betel'naia pal'ma betel nut betelnoot betelnöt betelnusspalme bing lang zi binrou bua bunga chakuntam chamara-putpam chamarpushpa faufal ghonta guvak guwa kamuk kamuku kanti kavung khapur khapuramu khet kramukamu kuntar-kamaku kunthi pin kun kwa pambi maak noce del betel noz de areca noz de bétele nuez de areca nuez de betel palma catechou poka pokok pinang pophal pophali puak pugamu pugaphal pugh pugi pugiphala pukam pungi sopari supari udveg valktaruh vimpu