Plant Details

Accepted name:: Areca catechu L. [Arecaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
adakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adake	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
adaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adakku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
adika	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
adike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
adike kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adike mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adikemara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akotaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akotam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arec cachou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arec de l'inde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arec.	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
areca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
areca catechu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
areca nut	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
areca nut palm	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
areca nut tree	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
areca palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
areca peel	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
areca seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
areca seeds	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
areca-nut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (Myanmar Ministry of Health, 2008) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
areca-nut palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
areca-nut palm tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
arecae catechi semen	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
arecae cathecu semen	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
arecae pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
arecae semen	Pharmaceutical	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
arecae semen tostum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
arecanut	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
arekasame	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
arequeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aréquier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
ataikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ataykkamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
atekkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba'ai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
batang majang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
behai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betel nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
betel nut palm	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betel nuts	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
betel palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betel-nut	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (Myanmar Ministry of Health, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
betel-nut palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
betelnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
betelnut palm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
betelnuß	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
betelpalm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
betelpalme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
betle nut	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
betta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bettadake	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bettadike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bette	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biji pinang	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
bin lang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bing lang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
binglang	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
binlang	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
blockn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
blokn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bluk	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
blukn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
boa	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
bonga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bunga	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bīn láng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bīn láng shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bīnglang	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
caccu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cakuntikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakuntikaimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cao	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
carbo seminum	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
catechu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
catechu palm	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
catechu-palme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cattamarkkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cau	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
caunga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cavooghoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaalia	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chalia	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chalia jalai hui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalia purani jalai hai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalia sokhta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charred areca seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
chautaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chempalukka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhaalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chhalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhalia kohna sokhta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhataphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikaniyadike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikinamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikkana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikni chhalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chini ping	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
choalia	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chohang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chongoi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cikaniyadike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikinamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
cikini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curancanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
da fu mao	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
da fu pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dafupi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
dapiau	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
dirghapadapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dridhavalkala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
faufil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fofal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
fofal or foufal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fofal or fouzal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
foufal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fufal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
fufal (chalia)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fufal agaci	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gautupoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghhonta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghonta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ghontaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ghorant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ghoṇṭā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ghuyu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gird-chob	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girdchob	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gla gor zo sa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
go yu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
go-yu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gond supari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gopadala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gotadike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gu-yu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gua	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gubak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul supari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guvaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guwaak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gwaye	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hopari	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
hua	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
indian-nut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inippilapatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inippilatitamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iracatalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ja-fu-p'i	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
jambe	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jiaobinglang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
kabukah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaiccikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaiccikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalacattiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalaymaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamugu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kamuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapitana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karamattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasaili	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
katha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaungu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavungu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kazhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kazhunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khapura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khapuramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khhapura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khhapuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khipura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiramamukimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiramugam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiramukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirantimukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirumukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolapoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kottai paakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kottai pakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottai-pakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kowngu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kra ma ka (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kra mra sa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kramuka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kramukah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kramukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kramukamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kugagam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukacamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kun-thee-pin	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (Myanmar Ministry of Health, 2008)
kuvakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuwase	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kwa	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
lakun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lugos	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
luyos	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
maak mia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
madi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maturapakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maturapakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazg/ sopari	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
mpvopvoo	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
nattukkamuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noix d'arec	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
oka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oppulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oppuvakkulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paka chekka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pakavakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakhumaram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pakku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pakkumaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakkuppanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
paku-kotai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palacankiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palacinikiyamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan long	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
panthong	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
pasa	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
penang palm	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
pericarpium arecae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
phalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pinang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
pinang palm	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ping lang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
piramataru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piramatarucam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirumaniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poea	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pogamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
poka chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poka-vakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokok pinang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pooga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poogi	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
poogi phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pophal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pophala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pophali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
prakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puga	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puga-phalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pugah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pugam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pugamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pugi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pugiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pugo	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pupal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
puugi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
puwak	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
pūga (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rajatala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semen arecae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
semen arecae praepareta	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seminum extractum	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sepāri	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
shupari	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
sla bor se sa (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sopari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
spari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
suneke	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
supaaree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
supari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
supari chikni pisi hui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supari palm	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
supiari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suppari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
supyari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suranjana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ta fu tzu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
takobtob	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
talattiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambul	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tambula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamol	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tampulavatanimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tantucaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantucaramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantusara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarpati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaamboola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaamboolagotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiritavalkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuvarkkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuvarkkaymaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udvegam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
va	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
vaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vakkalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valkataru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vua	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
waklonwaphrun	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
wohan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
zu (m) khan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zōng l锟斤拷 kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
سپاری	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
فوفل	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
පුවක්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
གོ་ཡུ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ビンロウジ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
大腹皮	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
棕榈科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
槟榔	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
槟榔属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
槟榔花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
檳榔	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
檳榔子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
菁仔	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
菁仔叢	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
菁仔子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
fruit	dried unripe pericarp	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Fruit		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seeds		Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Nuts, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root, bark, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pericarp	dried ripe pericarp	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nuts, roots, half-rotted husks, leaves	Juice of the palm-cabbage	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed		The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
seed, bark, fruit	dried ripe fruit	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nut, shoots, leaves, bark, root	dry plant material, young shoots	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
nut, shoots, leaves	fresh nut, dried nut, young nut, young green shoots, juice of young leaves	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
fruit, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seeds		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
seed		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
pericarps, kernels		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
pericarp, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root, fruit skin, seed		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed	seed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
seed	seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pericarp		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
seed	dried ripe seed	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Roots, fruits, flowers		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (Myanmar Ministry of Health, 2008)
Fruit, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
pericarp		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
seed		Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Areca catechu var. alba Blume Rumphia 2: 68 (1839).
Areca catechu var. batanensis Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 3: 304 (1908).
Areca catechu f. communis Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 304 (1919).
Areca catechu var. longicarpa Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 6: 229 (1911).
Areca catechu var. nigra Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 73 (1792).
Areca catechu var. silvatica Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 304 (1919).
Areca cathechu Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 241 (1768), orth. var.
Areca faufel Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 19 (1788), nom. superfl.
Areca himalayana Griff. ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 231 (1878), pro syn.
Areca hortensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 568 (1790), nom. superfl.
Areca macrocarpa Becc. Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 601 (1909).
Areca nigra Giseke ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 231 (1878), pro syn.
Sublimia areca Comm. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 169 (1838), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aera catechu Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Areca catechu	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Areca catechu L	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Areca catechu L.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Areca catechu Lin	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Areca catechu Linn	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Areca catechu Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (Myanmar Ministry of Health, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Areca catechu Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Areca catechu Linne	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Areca catechu Linné	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Areca catecu Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Areca cathecu	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Areca cathecu L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)

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