Taxon: Areca macrocalyx Zipp. ex Blume

Common names:

• highland betel nut palm   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 16:123)
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Social: masticatory; stimulant   (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:123. 2000)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia - Irian Jaya; Papua New Guinea [incl. Aru Islands]

References:

• Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms. (L Palms)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 16:123.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Areca macrocalyx.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Areca macrocalyx. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Areca macrocalyx Zipp. ex Blume:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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