Betel palms

Betel palms
Betel nut palm ( Areca catechu )
Systematics
Order : Palm- like arecales Family : Palm family (Arecaceae) Subfamily : Arecoideae Tribe : Areceae Sub tribus : Arecinae Genre : Betel palms
Scientific name
Areca
L.

The betel palms ( Areca ) or areca palms are a genus of plants in the palm family (Arecaceae).

description

Betel nut palm ( Areca catechu )

The betel palms grow as single-stemmed pinnate palms. Depending on the species, they can reach heights of up to 30 meters.

distribution

The home of the representatives of the genus of the betel palm is in tropical Southeast Asia ; their distribution area extends from Malaysia to the islands of the Solomon Islands , northeast to the Philippines , south to northern Australia .

use

The roughly chicken egg-sized red fruits of the best-known representative of the genus, the betel nut palm ( Areca catechu ), are used as luxury foods in Asia and Oceania , but are also very toxic.

From cleaned and pressed leaves of the betel palm, dimensionally stable objects such as disposable tableware can be formed, which is marketed as palm leaf tableware .

Areca kinabaluensis

Areca ridleyana

Areca triandra

Areca vestiaria

Systematics

In the genus of betel palms ( Areca ) about 50 species are distinguished.

Here is a list of the recognized species with their area of ​​distribution, whereby in addition to the botanical author abbreviation, the publication with the year of publication of the first description is given:

• Areca abdulrahmanii J.Dransf. , Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 33 (1980): Sarawak
• Areca ahmadii J. Transf . , Kew Bull. 39: 4 (1984): Sarawak
• Areca andersonii J.Dransf. , Kew Bull. 39: 6 (1984): Sarawak
• Areca arundinacea Becc. , Malesia 1:23 (1877): Sarawak
• Areca bakeri Heatubun , Phytotaxa 28: 6 (2011): Sarawak
• Areca brachypoda J.Dransf. , Kew Bull. 39: 8 (1984): Sarawak
• Areca caliso Becc. , Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8: 2998 (1919): Philippines
• Areca camarinensis Becc. , Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 309 (1919): Luzon
• Betel nut palm ( Areca catechu L. ), Sp.Pl .: 1189 (1753): Philippines
• Areca chaiana J. Transf . , Kew Bull. 39:10 (1984): Sarawak
• Areca churchii Heatubun , Phytotaxa 28:10 (2011): Western Kalimantan
• Areca concinna Thwaites , Enum. Pl. Zeyl .: 328 (1864): Southwest Sri Lanka
• Areca congesta Becc. , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 441 (1923): New Guinea
• Areca costulata Becc. , Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 310 (1919): Leyte Island in the Philippines
• Areca dayung J.Dransf. , Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 30 (1980): Sarawak
• Areca dransfieldii Heatubun , Phytotaxa 28:12 (2011): Borneo
• Areca furcata Becc. , Malesia 1:23 (1877): Sarawak
• Areca gurita Heatubun , Phytotaxa 28:15 (2011): Sarawak
• Areca hutchinsoniana Becc. , Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 312 (1919): Mindanao
• Areca insignis (Becc.) J.Dransf. , Kew Bull. 39:13 (1984): Northwest Borneo
  • Areca insignis var. Insignis .
  • Areca insignis var. Moorei (J.Dransf.) J.Dransf. , Kew Bull. 39:13 (1984).
• Areca ipot Becc. , Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2: 639 (1909): Philippines
• Areca jokowi Heatubun , Phytotaxa 288 (2): 175 (2016): Western New Guinea
• Areca jugahpunya J. Transf . , Kew Bull. 39:13 (1984): Sarawak
• Areca kinabaluensis Furtado , Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 228 (1933): Borneo
• Areca klingkangensis J.Dransf. , Kew Bull. 39:15 (1984): Sarawak
• Areca laosensis Becc. , Webbia 3: 191 (1910): Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
• Areca ledermanniana Becc. , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 441 (1923): New Guinea
• Areca macrocalyx Zipp. ex Blume , Rumphia 2: 75 (1839): Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
• Areca mandacanii Heatubun , Palms (1999+) 52: 199 (2008): Western New Guinea
• Areca minuta Scheff. , Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 1: 146 (1876): Borneo
• Areca mogeana Heatubun , Phytotaxa 28:18 (2011): Kalimantan
• Areca montana Ridl. , Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 2: 136 (1907): Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
• Areca novohibernica (Lauterb.) Becc. , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 23 (1914): Bismarck Archipelago to Solomon Islands
• Areca oxycarpa Miq. , Rat. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk. 11 (5): 1 (1868): Northern Sulawesi
• Areca parens Becc. , Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 307 (1919): Luzon
• Areca rheophytica J. Transf. , Kew Bull. 39:18 (1984): Sabah
• Areca ridleyana Becc. ex Furtado , Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 236 (1933): Malay Peninsula
• Areca riparia Heatubun , Phytotaxa 28:20 (2011): Cambodia
• Areca songthanhensis A.J.Hend., NKBan & BVThanh , Phytotaxa 8: 34 (2010): Central Vietnam
• Areca subacaulis (Becc.) J.Dransf. , Kew Bull. 29:20 (1984): Sarawak
• Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. , Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 310 (1826): Assam to Malesia
• Areca triginticollina Heatubun , Phytotaxa 28:24 (2011): Sumatra
• Areca tunku J.Dransf. & CKLim , Principes 36: 81 (1992): Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
• Areca unipa Heatubun , Phytotaxa 154: 59 (2013): Western New Guinea
• Areca vestiaria Giseke , Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl .: 78 (1792): Sulawesi and Moluccas
• Areca vidaliana Becc. , Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 222 (1907): Philippines
• Areca whitfordii Becc. , Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 219 (1907): Philippines

The “ golden fruit palm ”, sometimes still available under the name Areca lutescens , is no longer assigned to the genus; the current botanical name is Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf. .

Web links

Commons : Betel Palms ( Areca )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Areca on the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Palm leaf crockery on the website KaufDichGruen.de; accessed in September 2016
2. ↑ Palm Leaf Plates . ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the English website TheWholeLeafCo.dom ; accessed in September 2016 
3. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Areca. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved April 17, 2020.
4. ↑ Dypsis lutescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.